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commissary

noun as in deputy

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Laundry service is every day and commissary prices are substantially lower.

The only food that is allowed to remain with our belongings is that which we buy at the commissary.

It 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.

I don't recall ever seeing him in the commissary, and who would forget?

To cook the macaroni the commissary sold hotpots, which you needed a permit to possess and could only buy one a time.

One of the strangest parts of the show, is the power the commissary has over inmates lives.

Adam Davidson takes a look at this little corner of the real estate market – the prison commissary.

During the revolutionary war he was commissary-general to the Pennsylvania division, and printer to congress.

Haggard had a long interview with Fanchette, and then he called upon the Commissary of Police.

"'Amadis de Gaule,' by the Seigneur des Essarts, commissary in ordinary to the king's artillery," she replied.

Commissary'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.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to commissary, such as: agent, legate, and representative.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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