A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
To be short (of or for something).
To be without, not to have, to need, to require.
The management of another's affairs.
A sum of money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; called also proxy.
The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
The act of procuring; procurement.