| Purveyance 1. (n.) The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. 2. (n.) That which is provided; provisions; food. 3. (n.) 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. Thesaurus Entries armament, catering, chandlery, endowment, equipment, finding, fitting out, furnishing, furnishment, investment, logistics, outfitting, preparation, procurement, providing, provision, provisioning, purveyance, reinforcement, replenishment, resupply, retailing, selling, subsidization, subsidy, subvention, supply, supplying, victualing |