Commissariat

[,kɒmɪ'seərɪət] or [,kɑmə'sɛrɪət]

(noun.) a stock or supply of foods.

Editor: Randolph--From WordNet

(n.) The organized system by which armies and military posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries.

(n.) The body of officers charged with such service.

Edited by Everett

Their obsession now is the weakening of the commissariat for war. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.

Typist: Weldon