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What is the noun for procuration?

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procuration
  1. The act of procuring; procurement.
  2. The management of another's affairs.
  3. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
  4. 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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  6. Examples:
    1. “Holding of investment property for rent including marketing and procuration of tenancies.”
      “In the initial interviews, Albert spoke very little and only through third parties, as if he only existed by procuration.”
      “He was then directed to send his procuration to certain persons in the Netherlands, whom he might wish to appear in his behalf.”
procurement
  1. (uncountable) The purchasing department of a company.
  2. (countable) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.
  3. Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “He states that he had never used said name except in connection with his procurement of the immigration visa.”
      “Apparently, the brokers did not receive any fixed commission on the Company's procurement of exports.”
      “The army's procurement of the anti-tank version of the Hellfire air-to-ground missile was also a bad decision.”
procurer
  1. A person who procures or obtains things, especially one who procures customers for prostitutes.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He combined two professions, that of cobbler by day and a procurer of girls by night.”
      “Whitehall departments, and their operations around the country, are the biggest procurer of services around.”
      “Another procurer is awaiting trial in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu accused of selling 200 women.”
procuress
  1. A female procurer.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Even Jones admits to the lack of hard evidence that Madame de Pompadour was a procuress, but only in an aside 100 pages after his initial charge.”
      “As the discerning stare of the procuress suggests, the eagerness of the suitor is by no means matched by his torpid purchase.”
      “Calisto yearns for Melibea and attains her with the aid of a wily procuress, after which the lovers promptly die.”
procurations
procurements
  1. plural of procurement
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  3. Examples:
    1. “As this is is an inclusive service, the fee also covers the procurements of gifts to the happy couple.”
      “We are working with the Canadian industry on all procurements in order to guarantee participation in the growth of that industry.”
      “To do this professionally, replanning and new procurements are unavoidable.”
procuresses
procurers
  1. plural of procurer
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The depths of poverty make the area easy pickings for brothel agents, or Aunties, as the procurers of young girls are known locally.”
      “Most were offered jobs in the city or tricked into bogus marriages by procurers promising them a new life in India.”
      “There are at least three reports each year of procurers kidnapping maids off the street and forcing them into prostitution.”
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