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Provision

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Noun

1. provision, proviso

a stipulated condition

Example Sentences:
'he accepted subject to one provision'

2. provision, supply, supplying

the activity of supplying or providing something

3. planning, preparation, provision

the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening

Example Sentences:
'his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties'

4. provision

a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)

Verb

5. provision, purvey

supply with provisions

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Provision

see synonyms of provision
noun
1. 
the act of supplying or providing food, etc
2. 
something that is supplied or provided
3. 
preparations made beforehand (esp in the phrase make provision for)
4. (plural)
food and other necessities, esp for an expedition
5. (plural)
food obtained for a household
6. 
a demand, condition, or stipulation formally incorporated in a document; proviso
7. 
the conferring of and induction into ecclesiastical offices
verb
8. (transitive)
to supply with provisions

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Provision

see synonyms of provision
noun
1. 
a providing, preparing, or supplying of something
2. 
a. 
something provided, prepared, or supplied for the future
b.  [pl.]
a stock of food and other supplies assembled for future needs
3. 
a preparatory arrangement or measure taken in advance for meeting some future need
4. 
a clause, as in a legal document, agreement, etc., stipulating or requiring some specific thing; proviso; condition
5.  Ecclesiastical
appointment to an office; esp., advance appointment by the pope to a see or benefice that is not yet vacant
verb transitive
6. 
to supply with provisions, esp. with a stock of food

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Provision

see synonyms of provision
n.
1.
a. The act of providing or supplying something: the provision of health care; the provision of rations.
b. The act of making preparations for a possible or future event or situation: The provision for retirement requires planning.
2.
a. Something provided: A fire escape is an important provision in a building.
b. provisions Necessary supplies, such as food and clothing, as for a journey.
3. A preparatory action or measure: We must make provisions for riding out the storm.
4. A particular requirement in a law, rule, agreement, or document: the constitutional provision concerned with due process.
v. pro·vi·sioned, pro·vi·sion·ing, pro·vi·sions
v.tr.
To supply with provisions.
v.intr.
To take preparatory action or measures: A bank must provision against losses from bad loans.

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