HOW TO PRONOUNCE
procurement
/pɹəˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/
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Keep the middle syllable strongest.
Stress CURE. The consonants there start like cue; keep the final ment light.
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“The procurement team reviewed it.”
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noun
- The purchasing department of a company.
- The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.
- Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
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IPA pronunciation
/pɹəˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/
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An entity shall not select a valuation method, or divide procurement requirements into separate contracts, to avoid the application of this Chapter.
The man who understands those principles best will be least likely to resort to oppressive expedients, or sacrifice any particular class of citizens to the procurement of revenue.
More book examples (3)
It is said, that they had an interview at Delphi, and another at Corinth, by the procurement of Periander, who made a meeting for them, and a supper.
As the procurement of substance by means of tribute was one of the great objects of the confederacy, the gathering of it was placed under the control of the war-chief, who was therefore the official head of the tribute-gatherers.
The serjeant sent of an express to Bolcheretsk, where the governor of the province usually resided, and whence he had to look for orders what to do, as to the procurement of the supplies of provisions, and naval stores, which our people wanted.