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Purveyance   Listen
noun
Purveyance  n.  
1.
The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. "The ill purveyance of his page."
2.
That which is provided; provisions; food.
3.
(Eng. Law) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished.






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