procurement
noun
the act of procuring, or obtaining or getting by effort, care, or the use of special means.
procurements
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pluralof procurement.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The DPP budget includes up to about $30 billion of weapons procurements from the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
The extensive list of procurements ranged from missiles to artillery, torpedoes, armoured vehicles, satellite systems and new uniforms as Berlin races to overhaul the long-neglected Bundeswehr.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
When asked whether it was struggling to find ports who would agree to moor the barges, the Home Office said it did not comment on "ongoing procurements".
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024
He predicted that a situation like last September — when the grid hit record-high demand, at about 52,000 megawatts — could likely be managed with the state’s contingency resources and additional market procurements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
But for Brutus, his friends and countrymen, both by divers procurements, and sundry rumours of the city, and by many bills also, did openly call and procure him to do that he did.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
