Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
providing &c. v.; purveyance; reënforcement; commissariat.
PROVENDER (food) [See Food]; ensilage; viaticum; ration; emergency -, iron- ration.
CATERER, purveyor, provider, commissary, quartermaster, steward, purser, housekeeper, manciple, feeder, batman, victualer or victualler, comprador or compradore [China]; innkeeper, landlord, innholder; mine host, khansamah [India], restaurateur [F.]; grocer, green grocer, huckster, fishmonger, provision merchant; sutler (merchant) [See Merchant].
PROVISION SHOP, provision store, meat shop, fish store; market, public market; grocery [U. S.], – shop, – store.
SUPPLY, suppeditate [obs.]; furnish; find, find one in; arm.
cater, victual, provision, purvey, forage; beat up for; stock, – with; make good, replenish; fill, – up; recruit, feed.
STORE, have in -store, – reserve; keep, keep by one; have to fall back upon; store [See Store]; provide against a rainy day (economy) [See Economy]; conserve, keep, preserve, lay by, gather into barns.