different between buyer vs procurement

English

Etymology

From buy +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ba?.?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ba?.?/, IPA^(key): [?baj?]
• Rhymes: -a??(r)

Noun

buyer (plural buyers)

1. A person who makes one or more purchases.

   Every person who steps through the door is a potential buyer, so acknowledge their presence.

2. (retailing) A person who purchases items for resale in a retail establishment.

   The supermarket's new buyer decided to stock a larger range of vegetarian foods.

3. (manufacturing) A person who purchases items consumed or used as components in the manufacture of products.

Synonyms

• purchaser
• (retailing and manufacturing senses): purchasing agent

Derived terms

• buyer's remorse

Translations

Anagrams

• burye, rebuy

English

Etymology

From Old French procurement, from procurer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???kj??.m?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???kj???.m?nt/, /p?o??kj???.m?nt/

Noun

procurement (countable and uncountable, plural procurements)

1. (uncountable) The purchasing department of a company.
2. (countable) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.

   He was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies.

   I have a lot of experience in the procurement of construction materials and sub-contracts.

3. Efficient contrivance; management; agency.

   They think it done by her procurement. -Dryden.

Derived terms

• chief procurement officer

Translations

Old French

Alternative forms

• procurment (less common)

Etymology

procurer +? -ment.

Noun

procurement m (oblique plural procuremenz or procurementz, nominative singular procuremenz or procurementz, nominative plural procurement)

1. procurement; obtainment; obtention
2. persuasion
3. dishonest obtainment; obtainment by trickery

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (procurement)
• procurement on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub