PURVEYANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does purveyance mean? 

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

1. the act of supplying something

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PURVEYANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of supplying something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

provision; supply; supplying (the activity of supplying or providing something)

Derivation:

purvey (supply with provisions)