 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
provision
noun
1: a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one
provision" [syn: {proviso}]
2: the activity of supplying or providing something [syn: {supply},
{supplying}]
3: the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in
the event of something happening; "his planning for
retirement was hindered by several uncertainties" [syn: {planning},
{preparation}]
4: a store or supply of something (especially of food or
clothing or arms)
verb: supply with provisions [syn: {purvey}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Provision \Pro*vi"sion\, noun [L. provisio: cf. F. provision. See
{Provide}.]
1. The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
--Shak.
2. That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought
together or arranged in advance; measures taken
beforehand; preparation.
Making provision for the relief of strangers.
--Bacon.
3. Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables
collected or stored; -- often in the plural.
And of provisions laid in large,
For man and beast. --Milton.
4. That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a
previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a
contract; the statute has many provisions.
5. (R. C. Ch.) A canonical term for regular induction into a
benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and
installation.
6. (Eng. Hist.) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before
it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of
presentation. --Blackstone.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Provision \Pro*vi"sion\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Provisioned}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Provisioning}.]
To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.
They were provisioned for a journey. --Palfrey.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
269 Moby Thesaurus words for "provision":
TLC, abundance, accommodation, accordance, accumulation, amassment,
anticipation, arrangement, award, awarding, backlog,
basic training, bestowal, bestowment, board, boundary condition,
bread, bread and butter, briefing, budget, bunker, care, catch,
cater, catering, cheer, clause, clearing the decks, coal,
collection, comestibles, commissariat, commissary, communication,
concession, condition, conferment, conferral, contemplation,
contribution, cornucopia, creature comfort, cuisine, cumulation,
daily bread, deliverance, delivery, demand, dine, discretion,
donation, donnee, dump, eatables, economic support, edibles,
endowment, envisagement, envisionment, equipment, escalator clause,
escape clause, escape hatch, exception, familiarization, fare,
farseeingness, farsightedness, fast food, feast, feed, fill up,
fine print, fitting out, fixing, fodder, food, food and drink,
foodstuff, foodstuffs, forage, forearming, forecast, foreglance,
foregleam, foreglimpse, forehandedness, foreseeing, foresight,
foresightedness, forethought, forethoughtfulness, foundation, fuel,
furnishing, furnishment, gas, gas up, gifting, given, giving,
grant, granting, grass, gratify, graze, groceries, grounds,
groundwork, health food, heap, hoard, hooker, impartation,
impartment, ingesta, insurance, inventory, investiture, joker,
junk food, keep, kicker, kitchen stuff, larder, liberality,
limiting condition, livelihood, living, longsightedness,
looking ahead, maintenance, makeready, making ready, manna,
manufacture, mass, material, materials, materiel, measures, meat,
mess, mobilization, mothering, munitions, nourishment, nurture,
obligation, offer, oil, outfitting, parameter, pasture, pile,
planning, plenitude, plenty, prearrangement, precaution,
precautions, precautiousness, prediction, preliminaries,
preliminary, preliminary act, preliminary step, prep, preparation,
preparatory study, preparing, prepping, prepublication,
prerequisite, presentation, presentment, pretreatment,
preventive measure, preview, prevision, price support, processing,
propaedeutic, prospect, prospection, protection, provender,
providence, providing, provisioning, provisionment, provisions,
proviso, prudence, purvey, purveyance, qualification, quantity,
rations, readiness, readying, regale, repertoire, repertory,
requirement, requisite, reservation, restriction, rick, safeguard,
sagacity, satisfy, saving clause, sell, sine qua non, small print,
spadework, specification, spread, stack, staples, steps,
steps and measures, stipulation, stock, stock-in-trade, stockpile,
stocks, store, stores, string, strings, subscription,
subsidization, subsidy, subsistence, subvention, supplies, supply,
supply on hand, supplying, support, surrender, sustain,
sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, table, tender loving care,
term, terms, top off, training, treasure, treasury, treatment,
trial, tryout, tucker, ultimatum, upkeep, viands, victual,
victuals, vittles, vouchsafement, warm-up, whereas,
wine and dine
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