provender

Meaning

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɹɒvɪndə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English provendre, from Old French provendre, variant of provende (“allowance, provision”), from Late Latin praebenda (“a payment, in Medieval Latin also an allowance of food and drink, pittance, also a prebend”). Doublet of prebend.

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