commissariat
Military supply department
A commissariat is a department responsible for supplying food and equipment, especially to military forces.
The term evokes 19th-century armies with their supply wagons and quartermasters: The commissariat struggled to keep pace with the advancing troops.
In some countries, commissariat refers to a government department or police station, particularly in systems with Soviet or French influence.
Officer managing military supplies
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- rationsControlled food portions
- requisitionsFormal orders for supplies
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
depot · stores · materiel · munitions · equipment · ordnance · garrison · encampment
Edible items or ingredients
- victualsFood and drink
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- sustenanceMeans of living
- rationsControlled food portions
catering · supplies · stockpile · larder · pantry · stores · edibles · consumables
Distribution of shares
- couponsRedeemable discount certificates
- quotasMandated numerical limits
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
austerity · queuing · shortage · subsistence · measuring · limits
Distinct unit within organization
- bureauOffice or furniture chest
- officeProfessional work location
- directorateGoverning administrative body
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
management · organization · coordination · supervision · regulation · authority · officer · official
Collectivist political adherent
- USSRFormer communist superpower
- collectivizationForced communal ownership transfer
- apparatchikBlindly devoted official
- ministryClergy's work or state department
quartermaster
Officer managing military supplies
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- rationsControlled food portions
- requisitionsFormal orders for supplies
logistics · depot · stores · materiel · munitions · equipment · ordnance · garrison · encampment · mess
foodstuffs
Edible items or ingredients
- victualsFood and drink
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- sustenanceMeans of living
rations · catering · supplies · stockpile · larder · pantry · stores · edibles · consumables · nourishment
allocation
Distribution of shares
- couponsRedeemable discount certificates
- quotasMandated numerical limits
- distributionAllocation across recipients
scarcity · austerity · queuing · shortage · subsistence · measuring · limits
department
Distinct unit within organization
- bureauOffice or furniture chest
- officeProfessional work location
- directorateGoverning administrative body
oversight · management · organization · coordination · supervision · regulation · authority · officer · official · headquarters
communist
Collectivist political adherent
- USSRFormer communist superpower
- collectivizationForced communal ownership transfer
- apparatchikBlindly devoted official
commissariatfront line
Combat's forward edge
infantry · combat troops · combat arms · battle group · cavalry