purveyance

• the act of supplying something
• The act or process of providing or procuring
• That which is provided
• 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

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