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The answer PURVEY has 9 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of purvey in various dictionaries:
verb - supply with provisions
To supply (food, for example); furnish.
To advertise or circulate.
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| Possible Crossword Clues |
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| Supply provisions |
| Sell |
| Supply with provisions |
| Provide provisions |
| Furnish |
| Provide, supply (food) |
| Provide with goods |
| Peddle |
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| provide or supply (food, drink, or other goods) as one's business. |
| supply with provisions |
| Provide or supply (food, drink, or other goods) as one's business. |
| To supply (food, for example) furnish. |
| To advertise or circulate. |
| to provide goods or services as a business, or to provide information: |
| to provide food, services, or information as a business: |
| to sell goods or services to customers: |
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Purveyance is the right of the Crown to requisition goods and services for royal use, and was developed in England over the course of the late eleventh through the fourteenth centuries. In theory, the king's prerogative allowed him to collect goods needed for both household and military use, but the latter was discontinued in 1362. The primary problem with the system was that it was open to abuse from corrupt officials, who would often requisition goods and sell them for profit or use extortion and other means to obtain items or money that was not passed on or divulged to the king. Accordingly, English kings established numerous, though somewhat ineffectual, statutes in an attempt to limit the corruption. * When Edward I and the English Army invaded Scotland, with little agricultural productivity, they used purveyances. The English court had, of old, a right of customary purchase of food for the poor. The right was called prise. Edward took this and grossly expanded it to make the instit |