subsistence department

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Definition of subsistence department in English English dictionary

It is commanded by any officer of the rank of brigadier general, called commissary general, and the department is popularly called the Commissary Department

It also supplies, for authorized sales, certain articles of food and other minor stores

A staff department of the United States army charged, under the supervision of the Chief of Staff, with the purchasing and issuing to the army of such supplies as make up the ration

Hyphenation

sub·sist·ence de·part·ment

Turkish pronunciation

sıbsîstıns dîpärtmınt

Pronunciation

/səbˈsəstəns dəˈpärtmənt/ /səbˈsɪstəns dɪˈpɑːrtmənt/