purveyance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of supplying something

WordNet

Pur*vey"ance noun
Etymology
Cf. F. pourvoyance.
Definitions
  1. The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. Chaucer.
    The ill purveyance of his page. Spenser.
  2. That which is provided; provisions; food.
  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.

Webster 1913