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global procurement

 
 
noun [U] COMMERCE

Definition

the process by which an organization buys the products or services it needs for its work from organizations in all parts of the world: The high-tech products maker was selected to be one of the company's four suppliers for its global procurement programme.
(Definition of global procurement noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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