Definitions
1.nounThe act of procuring; procurement.
2.nounThe management of another's affairs.
3.nounThe instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
4.nounA 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.