procurement

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• /pɹəˈkjʊə.mənt/
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Inherited from Middle English procurement, from Old French procurement, from procurer.

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: снабдителен отдел (snabditelen otdel) — purchasing department of a company
• Chinese Mandarin: 採購部門 /采购部门 (cǎigòu bùmén) — purchasing department of a company
• Danish: indkøbsafdeling — purchasing department of a company
• Dutch: inkoop — purchasing department of a company
• Dutch: inkoopafdeling — purchasing department of a company
• Finnish: hankintaosasto — purchasing department of a company
• Finnish: osto-osasto — purchasing department of a company
• French: achats — purchasing department of a company
• Georgian: შესყიდვები (šesq̇idvebi) — purchasing department of a company
• Georgian: შესყიდვების განყოფილება (šesq̇idvebis ganq̇opileba) — purchasing department of a company
• Georgian: შესყიდვების დეპარტამენტი (šesq̇idvebis deṗarṭamenṭi) — purchasing department of a company
• German: Einkauf — purchasing department of a company
• Hungarian: beszerzés — purchasing department of a company
• Italian: ufficio acquisti — purchasing department of a company
• Polish: zaopatrzenie — purchasing department of a company
• Portuguese: compras — purchasing department of a company
• Portuguese: suprimentos — purchasing department of a company
• Russian: отде́л заку́пок (otdél zakúpok) — purchasing department of a company
• Spanish: departamento de compras — purchasing department of a company
• Spanish: procuraduría — purchasing department of a company
• Swedish: inköpsavdelning — purchasing department of a company
• Tagalog: pangalapan — purchasing department of a company
• Turkish: satın alma — purchasing department of a company
• Arabic: تَحْصِيْل (taḥṣiyl) — act of procuring or obtaining
• Azerbaijani: tədarük — act of procuring or obtaining
• Bulgarian: доставка (dostavka) — act of procuring or obtaining
• Bulgarian: снабдяване (snabdjavane) — act of procuring or obtaining
• Chinese Mandarin: 採購 /采购 (cǎigòu) — act of procuring or obtaining
• Danish: indkøb — act of procuring or obtaining
• Danish: fremskaffelse — act of procuring or obtaining
• Dutch: inkoop — act of procuring or obtaining
• Dutch: aanschaf — act of procuring or obtaining
• Finnish: hankinta — act of procuring or obtaining
• Finnish: ostaminen — act of procuring or obtaining
• French: obtention — act of procuring or obtaining
• Georgian: შესყიდვა (šesq̇idva) — act of procuring or obtaining
• Georgian: შეძენა (šeʒena) — act of procuring or obtaining
• German: Beschaffung — act of procuring or obtaining
• Hungarian: beszerzés — act of procuring or obtaining
• Indonesian: pengadaan — act of procuring or obtaining
• Irish: soláthar — act of procuring or obtaining
• Italian: acquisto — act of procuring or obtaining
• Italian: approvvigionamento — act of procuring or obtaining
• Italian: appalto — act of procuring or obtaining
• Malay: pemerolehan — act of procuring or obtaining
• Māori: whiwhinga — act of procuring or obtaining
• Norwegian Bokmål: anskaffelse — act of procuring or obtaining
• Polish: zaopatrzenie — act of procuring or obtaining
• Portuguese: obtenção — act of procuring or obtaining
• Portuguese: aquisição — act of procuring or obtaining
• Russian: добыва́ние (dobyvánije) — act of procuring or obtaining
• Russian: заку́пка (zakúpka) — act of procuring or obtaining
• Swedish: upphandling — act of procuring or obtaining
• Swedish: inköp — act of procuring or obtaining
• Turkish: tedarik etme — act of procuring or obtaining
• Italian: gestione — efficient contrivance; management; agency
• Middle English: procurement — efficient contrivance; management; agency