different between getting vs procurement
getting
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???t??/
- (US) IPA(key): [??????]
- (US)
- (Cockney, younger speakers in the UK) IPA(key): [??e???]
Verb
getting
- present participle of get
Noun
getting (plural gettings)
- The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.
- With all thy getting, get understanding.
- That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.
- 1882, Charlotte Riddell, "Old Mrs Jones", in Weird Stories, page 135
- She was always considering how to increase her "gettings," but she never gave a thought as to how she might save them.
- 1882, Charlotte Riddell, "Old Mrs Jones", in Weird Stories, page 135
Translations
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procurement
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)
- (uncountable) The purchasing department of a company.
- (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.
- 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)
- procurement; obtainment; obtention
- persuasion
- dishonest obtainment; obtainment by trickery
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (procurement)
- procurement on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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- what procurement officer do
- what procurement manager do
- what procurement process
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