commissary
noun/ˈkɒmɪsəri/
/ˈkɑːmɪseri/
(plural commissaries)
(North American English)- a shop that sells food, etc. in a military base, a prison, etc.
- a restaurant for people working in a large organization, especially a film studio
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin commissarius ‘person in charge’, from Latin commiss- ‘joined, entrusted’, from the verb committere (in medieval Latin ‘put into custody’), from com- ‘with’ + mittere ‘put or send’.
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