commissariat

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree French commissariatbor. English commissariat Borrowed from French commissariat.

1. A supply of food.

   “We gave such dinner-parties as our commissariat allowed; the menu was simplicity itself - " blanket " for every course, cunningly disguised as soup, entree, and, I was going to say, joint.”

2. The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.
3. A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.
4. A territorial and governmental unit of Colombia at some points in its history.