Provisionment
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Provisionment is a noun meaning The supplying of provisions.
Meaning
The supplying of provisions.
Example Sentences
But the Spanish Fathers […] came into a hostile country, carrying little provisionment but their breviary and crucifix.
Those were wartime provisionments, with Michel being granted "economy" (i.e., commission) contract arrangements; the navy thereby consented to bear much of the risk and cost, including costs engendered by long delays en route, as in 1747-1748, when six cargoes of Michel's masts were tied up in Holland at one time, the carrier being unable to proceed to France.
Word Forms
- provisionments
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include provisioning, reprovisionment, providing, supplyment, resourcing, victualling.
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