·noun That which is provided; provisions; food.
II. Purveyance ·noun The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.
III. Purveyance ·noun A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished.