pur·vey·ance /-ən(t)s/
供給,供應,糧食
Pur·vey·ance n.
1. The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.
The ill purveyance of his page. --Spenser.
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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purveyance
n : the act of supplying something