(British) The requisitioning of goods and services for royal use.
(British) The requisitioning of goods and services for royal use.
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(British, historical) The prerogative of the Crown to static separation of duty with goods and services for royal use.
The act of purveying.
One who gets]], procures; a supplier; specifically, one in the business of supplying food or other necessary material goods; a provisioner.
(UK, historical) The practice, abolished in 1871, of paying money to be made an officer in the cavalry and infantry regiments of the English and later British Army, without having to wait for promotion.
An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.