Definitions for: Purveyance

[n] the act of supplying something

Webster (1913) Definition: Pur*vey"ance, n. [Cf. F. pourvoyance.]
1. The act or process of providing or procuring; providence;
foresight; preparation; management. --Chaucer.

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.
--Wharton.

See Also: provision, supply, supplying

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