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Purveyor

One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer.

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Provider 76% connected

One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Supplier 76% connected

One who supplies.

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Purvey 74% connected

To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Purvey 74% connected

To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Last mile noun · 78% connection

the last walk of a condemned person to the execution place

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Lead time noun · 78% connection

the time interval between the initiation and the completion of a production process; "the lead times for many publications can vary tr…

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Logistics noun · 78% connection

handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed

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Procural noun · 78% connection

the act of getting possession of something; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies"

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Procurance noun · 78% connection

the act of getting possession of something; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies"

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Procurement noun · 78% connection

the act of getting possession of something; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies"

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Acater noun · 78% connection

See Caterer.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: provides, victuals, business, provision, table.
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Billiards noun · 78% connection

A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball w…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: provides, victuals, business, provision, table.
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Board noun · 78% connection

Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: provides, victuals, business, provision, table.
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Brilliant adjective · 78% connection

A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendere…

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Cater noun · 78% connection

A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: provides, victuals, business, provision, table.
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Cauponize verb · 78% connection

To sell wine or victuals.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: provides, victuals, business, provision, table.
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Commensality noun · 78% connection

Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same table.

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Counter verb · 78% connection

A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are la…

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Cover noun · 78% connection

A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for f…

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Credence noun · 78% connection

The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: provides, victuals, business, provision, table.
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Dais noun · 78% connection

The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: provides, victuals, business, provision, table.
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Diet noun · 78% connection

Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare.

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Entertainment noun · 78% connection

That which entertains, or with which one is entertained; as: (a) Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especiall…

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Fiddle noun · 78% connection

A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather.

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Grub noun · 78% connection

Victuals; food.

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Licensed adjective · 78% connection

Having a license; permitted or authorized by license; as, a licensed victualer; a licensed traffic.

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Mensal adjective · 78% connection

Belonging to the table; transacted at table; as, mensal conversation.

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Mess noun · 78% connection

A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; as, a mess of pottage; also, the…

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