commissary
a store that sells food and supplies to the personnel or workers in a military post, mining camp, lumber camp, or the like.
a dining room or cafeteria, especially one in a motion-picture studio.
a person to whom some responsibility or role is delegated by a superior power; a deputy.
(in France) a police official, usually just below the police chief in rank.
Origin of commissary
1Other words from commissary
- com·mis·sar·i·al [kom-i-sair-ee-uhl], /ˌkɒm ɪˈsɛər i əl/, adjective
- sub·com·mis·sar·i·al, adjective
- sub·com·mis·sar·y, noun, plural sub·com·mis·sar·ies.
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How to use commissary in a sentence
Laundry service is every day and commissary prices are substantially lower.
Locked up in the Land of Liberty: Part IV | Yariel Valdés González | July 28, 2021 | Washington BladeThe only food that is allowed to remain with our belongings is that which we buy at the commissary.
Locked up in the Land of Liberty: Part III | Yariel Valdés González | July 21, 2021 | Washington BladeIt is sadly a way to survive for many here who do not have a penny in the commissary to buy a piece of candy.
There will be 40 pages in each envelope after I select them, so I need a total of 20 stamps that I must buy at the commissary.
A paper attached to one of the pod’s doors announces the days and times for washing clothes, the commissary and recreation outings.
I suspect [Teresa] will get money sent in to her, so she can shop at the commissary.
How a ‘Real Housewife’ Survives Prison: ‘I Don’t See [Teresa Giudice] Having a Cakewalk Here’ | Michael Howard | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTI don't recall ever seeing him in the commissary, and who would forget?
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo cook the macaroni the commissary sold hotpots, which you needed a permit to possess and could only buy one a time.
Tales of a Jailhouse Gourmet: How I learned to Cook in Prison | Daniel Genis | June 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of the strangest parts of the show, is the power the commissary has over inmates lives.
Best Business Longreads for the Week of August 24, 2013. | William O’Connor | August 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAdam Davidson takes a look at this little corner of the real estate market – the prison commissary.
Best Business Longreads for the Week of August 24, 2013. | William O’Connor | August 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDuring the revolutionary war he was commissary-general to the Pennsylvania division, and printer to congress.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellHaggard had a long interview with Fanchette, and then he called upon the commissary of Police.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume III (of 3) | Charles James Wills"'Amadis de Gaule,' by the Seigneur des Essarts, commissary in ordinary to the king's artillery," she replied.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de Balzaccommissary's inkstand was a coffee-cup without an handle, and his book of entries a quire of dirty writing-paper.
Upon leaving the commissary, our wheel-barrow was again put in motion, and accompanied us to Dessein's.
British Dictionary definitions for commissary
/ (ˈkɒmɪsərɪ) /
US a shop supplying food or equipment, as in a military camp
US army an officer responsible for supplies and food
US a snack bar or restaurant in a film studio
a representative or deputy, esp an official representative of a bishop
Origin of commissary
1Derived forms of commissary
- commissarial (ˌkɒmɪˈsɛərɪəl), adjective
- commissaryship, noun
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