3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

proviso

noun: a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision" [syn: {provision}] [also: {provisoes} (pl)]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Proviso \Pro*vi"so\, noun; pl. {Provisos}. [L., (it) being provided, abl. of provisus, p. p. of providere. See {Provide}, and cf. {Purview}.] An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, usually beginning with the word provided; a conditional stipulation that affects an agreement, contract, law, grant, or the like; as, the contract was impaired by its proviso.

He doth deny his prisoners, But with proviso and exception. --Shak.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

45 Moby Thesaurus words for "proviso": bill, boundary condition, calendar, catch, clause, companion bills amendment, condition, donnee, dragnet clause, enacting clause, escalator clause, escape clause, escape hatch, exception, fine print, given, grounds, hold-up bill, joker, kicker, limiting condition, motion, obligation, omnibus bill, parameter, prerequisite, privileged question, provision, provisions, qualification, question, requisite, reservation, rider, saving clause, sine qua non, small print, specification, stipulation, string, strings, term, terms, ultimatum, whereas

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