PROCUREMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does procurement mean? 

• PROCUREMENT (noun)
  The noun PROCUREMENT has 1 sense:

1. the act of getting possession of something

  Familiarity information: PROCUREMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROCUREMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of getting possession of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

procural; procurance; procurement

Context example:

he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies

Hypernyms ("procurement" is a kind of...):

acquisition (the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something)

Derivation:

procure (get by special effort)

 Context examples 

The science and technology dealing with the procurement, breeding, care, health, and selection of animals used in biomedical research and testing.

(Laboratory Animal Science, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The science and technology concerned with the procurement, selection, health and welfare of animals used in research and testing.

(Laboratory Animal Science, NCI Thesaurus)

Specializes in the prospective procurement, preservation and distribution of human tissues for research.

(Cooperative Human Tissue Network, NCI Thesaurus)

The Clinical Research Shared Resource provides Cancer Center investigators with assistance in identification of prospective patients and determination of patient interest and eligibility to participate in clinical trials, in procurement and maintenance of the informed consent process, coordination of follow-up visits in conformance with protocol, hospital admission and discharge planning, coordination and safe administration of investigational agents, toxicity monitoring and reporting in compliance within Cancer Center and FDA regulations and the guidelines of GCP.

(Clinical Research Support Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

It does not appear, from all you have said, how any one perfection is required toward the procurement of any one station among you; much less, that men are ennobled on account of their virtue; that priests are advanced for their piety or learning; soldiers, for their conduct or valour; judges, for their integrity; senators, for the love of their country; or counsellors for their wisdom.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)