purvey
Sell provisions commercially
To purvey is to supply or provide, especially provisions, food, or services.
The word carries a slightly formal or commercial tone: a company that purveys fine wines, vendors purveying street food.
It extends to less tangible goods: tabloids that purvey gossip, websites purveying misinformation.
The related noun purveyor names the supplier.
Supply or equip
- stockGoods kept for sale
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
goods · commodities · provisions · resources · materials · shipment · cargo · consignment
Give out in portions
- disseminateSpread information widely
- circulateMove in a loop
- spreadTo distribute widely
- transmitTo send onward
propagate · relay · channel · deliver · convey · broadcast · diffuse · promulgate
Generous treatment of guests
- cateringSupplying prepared meals professionally
- victuallerSupplier of provisions
- catererProfessional event food provider
- innkeeperLodging establishment operator
hotelier · restaurateur · grocer · merchant · tradesman · supplier · contractor · commissary
To distribute widely
- propagateSpread or breed further
- disseminateSpread information widely
- peddleSell goods informally
- trafficMovement along routes
rumor · gossip · misinformation · propaganda · narrative · ideology · influence · spin
furnish
Supply or equip
stockpile · goods · commodities · provisions · resources · materials · shipment · cargo · consignment · wholesale
dispense
Give out in portions
- disseminateSpread information widely
- circulateMove in a loop
- spreadTo distribute widely
transmit · propagate · relay · channel · deliver · convey · broadcast · diffuse · promulgate · peddle
hospitality
Generous treatment of guests
- cateringSupplying prepared meals professionally
- victuallerSupplier of provisions
- catererProfessional event food provider
innkeeper · hotelier · restaurateur · grocer · merchant · tradesman · supplier · contractor · commissary · mess
spread
To distribute widely
- propagateSpread or breed further
- disseminateSpread information widely
- peddleSell goods informally
traffic · rumor · gossip · misinformation · propaganda · narrative · ideology · influence · spin · disinformation