Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purveyance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables
pur-veyance
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of purveying.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The prerogative of the Crown to static separation of duty with goods and services for royal use.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English purveiaunce et al., from Anglo-Norman purveaunce.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

purveyances (plural) pourveyance (alternative)

Derived Forms

dispurveyance purveyancing

Questions

What does purveyance mean?
The act of purveying.
Where does purveyance come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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