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Procurement vs Procuration - What's the difference?

procurement | procuration |

As nouns the difference between procurement and procuration

is that procurement is the purchasing department of a company while procuration is the act of procuring; procurement.

procurement

English

(wikipedia procurement)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The purchasing department of a company.
  • (countable) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.
    • He was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies.
    I have a lot of experience in the procurement of construction materials and sub-contracts.
  • Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
    • They think it done by her procurement . -Dryden.

    Derived terms

    * chief procurement officer

    procuration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of procuring; procurement.
  • The management of another's affairs.
  • The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
  • A sum of money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; called also proxy.
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