commissaries
Base grocery shops
Commissaries are stores operated by the military or government for authorized personnel, selling goods at reduced prices: The base commissary stocks everything from groceries to household supplies.
In film and television production, the commissary is the cafeteria or dining facility on a studio lot.
The singular commissary also refers historically to an officer responsible for provisions or supplies.
Resources for a task
- foodstuffsEdible items or ingredients
- rationsControlled food portions
- groceriesFood bought at stores
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
provisions · victuals · sustenance · inventory · essentials · staples · goods · consumables
Portable liquid container
- quartermasterOfficer managing military supplies
- rationsControlled food portions
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- garrisonStationed military force
DECA · mess · enlisted · officer · snack-bar · duty-free · dependents · installation
Official diplomatic representatives
- representativesThose acting for others
- emissariesOfficial representatives sent abroad
- agentsThose who act for others
- deputiesAppointed subordinate representatives
legates · ambassadors · consuls · attachés · intermediaries · proxies · surrogates · negotiators
Selling through machines
- snacksLight bites between meals
- toiletriesPersonal care products
- jailDetention facility
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
incarceration · detention · markup · ramen
Supplying prepared meals professionally
- food-truckVehicle serving prepared meals
- craftyCleverly deceptive
supplies
Resources for a task
- foodstuffsEdible items or ingredients
- rationsControlled food portions
- groceriesFood bought at stores
stockpile · provisions · victuals · sustenance · inventory · essentials · staples · goods · consumables · stores
canteen
Portable liquid container
- quartermasterOfficer managing military supplies
- rationsControlled food portions
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
garrison · DECA · mess · enlisted · officer · snack-bar · duty-free · dependents · installation · fort
envoys
Official diplomatic representatives
- representativesThose acting for others
- emissariesOfficial representatives sent abroad
- agentsThose who act for others
deputies · legates · ambassadors · consuls · attachés · intermediaries · proxies · surrogates · negotiators · liaisons
vending
Selling through machines
- snacksLight bites between meals
- toiletriesPersonal care products
- jailDetention facility
penitentiary · incarceration · detention · markup · ramen
catering
Supplying prepared meals professionally
- food-truckVehicle serving prepared meals
- craftyCleverly deceptive
- studio lotssoundstages, sound stages, backlots, film sets, sets
- tradetrade balance, free trade, trade barriers, customs, trade deficit
- military unitsarmy, battalion, squad, brigade, company
commissariesbig-box stores
Large chain retail warehouses
corner stores · convenience stores · bodegas · farmers markets · open-air markets