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# procurement

«procurement» in Mova's school dictionary: **The act of getting or buying something, especially goods…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (procurement — usually uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) The act of getting or buying something, especially goods for a company or government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procurement/#m1)

2) (business) The department or job of buying things for a big organisation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procurement/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

An adult and business word: schools, hospitals and armies have «procurement» to buy books, beds or vehicles. In news: «defence procurement», «public procurement». Children meet it in adult talk about work. Phrases: «the procurement process», «procurement officer».

### examples

- Dad works in procurement for the hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procurement/#x1)
- The procurement of new laptops for the school took months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procurement/#x2)
- The council has rules for the procurement of school buses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procurement/#x3)
- The army's procurement office ordered new boots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procurement/#x4)
- Food procurement was hard during the long winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procurement/#x5)
- She is a procurement manager for a supermarket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procurement/#x6)

### note

Formal; in everyday talk say «buying» or «getting». Verb «procure» (formal: to obtain). Usually uncountable.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «procurement» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procurement/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.