pur·vey·ance /-ən(t)s/
  供給,供應,糧食
  Pur·vey·ance n.
  1. The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.
     The ill purveyance of his page.   --Spenser.
  2. That which is provided; provisions; food.
  3. Eng. Law 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.
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  purveyance
       n : the act of supplying something