purveyance
Obtaining needed goods
Purveyance is the act of supplying or providing goods, especially provisions.
The word is formal and somewhat archaic, surviving mainly in legal and historical contexts.
Historically, it referred to the right of English monarchs to requisition supplies for the royal household—a practice resented by subjects and eventually abolished.
A purveyor engages in purveyance: a purveyor of fine wines, purveyors of misinformation.
Food and drink
- foodstuffsEdible items or ingredients
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- goodsThings for sale
- waresItems offered for sale
merchandise · stockpile · rations · stores · comestibles · sustenance · edibles · fare
Allocation across recipients
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- transportationMoving people or goods
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- freightGoods being transported
supply-chain · warehousing · dispatch · consignment · haulage · fulfillment · transit · carriers
Generous treatment of guests
- waitstaffRestaurant service employees
- stewardManager for another
- butlerChief domestic servant
- banquetFormal celebratory meal
feast · service · attendant · sommelier · barista · server · concierge · valet
Formal order for supplies
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- prerogativeExclusive right of office
levy · tithe · tribute · exaction · compulsory · feudal · entitlement · court
victuals
Food and drink
- foodstuffsEdible items or ingredients
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- goodsThings for sale
wares · merchandise · stockpile · rations · stores · comestibles · sustenance · edibles · fare · viands
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- transportationMoving people or goods
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
freight · supply-chain · warehousing · dispatch · consignment · haulage · fulfillment · transit · carriers · couriers
hospitality
Generous treatment of guests
banquet · feast · service · attendant · sommelier · barista · server · concierge · valet · housekeeping
requisition
Formal order for supplies
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
prerogative · levy · tithe · tribute · exaction · compulsory · feudal · entitlement · court · obligation
purveyanceconsumption
Using up of resources
receipt · depletion · use · expenditure · demand
purveyancedeprivation
State of lacking necessities
withholding · confiscation · seizure · withdrawal · denial
provide, provided, provisions, provision, providing, provider, provides, proviso, purveyor