procuration

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

procurement

proxy

agency

pandering

receiving

delegation

deputation

letter

mandate

obtaining

power

power of attorney

procuring

provision

purchase

🛍️

receipt

🧾

sourcing

vicarage

vicariate

warrant

acquisition

procuration money

appointed

authorities

authority

commission

Etymology

Latin
prōcūrātiō.