procure
Get with effort
Procure means to obtain something, often with effort or through formal channels.
The word carries a slightly formal or bureaucratic tone: The agency procured supplies for the relief effort.
In legal contexts, to procure can mean to arrange for prostitution—a procurer finds clients for sex workers.
More neutrally, procurement is the business function of acquiring goods and services.
Come into possession of
secure · requisition · fetch · gather · collect · access · retrieve · find
Formal act of seeking
- petitionFormal written appeal
- appealFormal review request
- lobbyEntryway or influence-seeking
- canvassSeek opinions systematically
seek · pursue · scout · hunt · search out · track down · inquire · approach
Convey illicitly across borders
- traffickTrade illegally
- bootlegIllegally produced goods
- black marketIllicit trading system
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
fence · broker · pimp · bribe · kickback · under the table · back channel · insider dealing
Enforceable written agreement
- agreementShared position between parties
- termsConditions of an agreement
- dealAgreement or distribution
- bargainFavorable purchase price
arrangement · tender · bid · quote · RFP · proposal · due diligence · compliance
obtain
Come into possession of
get · secure · requisition · fetch · gather · collect · access · retrieve · find · locate
request
Formal act of seeking
canvass · seek · pursue · scout · hunt · search out · track down · inquire · approach · contact
smuggle
Convey illicitly across borders
- traffickTrade illegally
- bootlegIllegally produced goods
- black marketIllicit trading system
contraband · fence · broker · pimp · bribe · kickback · under the table · back channel · insider dealing · corrupt
contract
Enforceable written agreement
- agreementShared position between parties
- termsConditions of an agreement
- dealAgreement or distribution
bargain · arrangement · tender · bid · quote · RFP · proposal · due diligence · compliance · audit
- gathering verbsgather, collect, accumulate, amass, compile
- obtainingget, obtain, gain, secure, attain
- supply chain verbssupply, deliver, distribute, ship, transport
- commercetrade, banking, merchant, imports, sales
- improviseimprovise, make do, wing it, ad-lib, jury-rig
- formal wordshereby, herein, thereof, thereby, whereby
procurestumble upon
Find unexpectedly
chance upon · happen upon · come across · luck into · inherit
- military procurementPurchasing for armed forces
procurement, procuring, procured, procures, procurer, procurable, procurator, procurers, procurements