1. (n.) The act of procuring; procurement.

2. (n.) The management of another's affairs.

3. (n.) The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.

4. (n.) A sum of money paid formerly 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.

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