Other forms: procurements
Procurement is the work of buying what an organisation needs. Public procurement, procurement rules, the procurement process.
In the public sector it is bound by rules meant to prevent favouritism, which is why buying a chair can take months and why the rules are both necessary and endlessly complained about. Procurement is a large profession in its own right. Note procure; and that the Latin means to look after.
1nounprocurementThe work of buying what an organisation needs.
“She works in procurement, buying everything from pens to laptops for the hospital.”
procurement is a buying function.
Old French procurement comes from procurer, from Latin procurare, to take care of — pro plus curare, to care. Cure and curator come from the same care.
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Middle English procurement, from Old French procurement, from procurer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA