'Purveyance' definitions:
Definition of 'purveyance'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of supplying something
Definition of 'Purveyance'
From: GCIDE
- Purveyance \Pur*vey"ance\, n. [Cf. F. pourvoyance.]
- 1. The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The ill purveyance of his page. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is provided; provisions; food. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Eng. Law) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]