| Main Entry: | procurement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obtainment |
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acquirement, acquirement, acquisition, appropriation, attainment, procuring |
| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obtaining or receiving |
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accretion, achievement, acquirement, acquiring, addition, attainment, buy, gain, gaining, learning, obtainment, possession, prize, procuration, procurement, procuring, property, purchase, pursuit, recovery, redemption, retrieval, salvage, winning |
| Notes: | acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains |
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dearth, lack, loss, need, want |
| Main Entry: | attainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement, accomplishment |
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acquirement, acquisition, arrival, completion, feat, finish, fulfillment, gaining, getting, obtaining, procurement, reaching, realization, reaping, securing, succeeding, winning |
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failure, forfeit, loss, miss, surrender |
| Main Entry: | provision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supplies, supplying |
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accouterment, arrangement, catering, emergency, equipping, fitting out, foundation, furnishing, groundwork, outline, plan, prearrangement, precaution, preparation, procurement, providing, stock, store, supplying |
Antonyms: |
removal, taking |
| Main Entry: | procuring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obtaining |
Synonyms: |
acquiring, acquisition, addition, gaining, procurement |
| Concept: | Acquisition. |
| Category: | 1. Property in general |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
acquisition; gaining; obtainment; procuration, procurement; purchase, descent, inheritance; gift., recovery, retrieval, revendication, replevin; redemption, salvage, trover., find, trouvaille, foundling., gain, thrift; money-making, money grubbing; lucre, filthy lucre, pelf; loaves and fishes, the main chance; emolument (remuneration)., profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit; avails; income (receipt); proceeds, produce, product; outcome, output; return, fruit, crop, harvest; second crop, aftermath; benefit (good)., sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool; pot; wealth., [Fraudulent acquisition] subreption; obreption; stealing.
-verbs
acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect (assemble); pick, pickup; glean., find; come upon, pitch upon, light upon; scrape up, scrape together; get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure; derive, draw, get in the harvest., profit; make profit, draw profit; turn to profit, turn to account; make capital out of, make money by; obtain a return, reap the fruits of; reap an advantage, gain an advantage; turn a penny, turn an honest penny; make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill; make money, coin money, raise money; raise funds, raise the wind; fill one's pocket (wealth) [more]., treasure up (store); realize, clear; produce; take., get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate, replevy, redeem, come by one's own., come by, come in for; receive; inherit; step into a fortune, step into the shoes of; succeed to., get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at; take possession, come into possession, enter into possession., be profitable; pay, answer., accrue (be received).
-adjectives
acquiring, acquired; profitable, advantageous, gainful, remunerative, paying, lucrative.
-phrases
lucri causa.
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Antonyms: |
loss |
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| Concept: | Provision. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; actual subservience |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
provision, supply; grist, grist for the mill; subvention (aid); resources (means); groceries, grocery., providing; purveyance; reenforcement; commissariat., provender (food); ensilage; viaticum., caterer, purveyor, commissary, quartermaster, manciple, feeder, batman, victualer, grocer, comprador, restaurateur; jackal, pelican; sutler (merchant)., grocery shop [U.S.], grocery store, market.
-verbs
provide; make provision, make due provision for; lay in, lay in a stock, lay in a store., supply, suppeditate; furnish; find, find one in; arm., cater, victual, provision, purvey, forage; beat up for; stock, stock with; make good, replenish; fill, fill up; recruit, feed., have in store, have in reserve; keep, keep by one, keep on foot, keep on hand; have to fall back upon; store; provide against a rainy day (economy).
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