Provision
[prə'vɪʒ(ə)n] or [prə'vɪʒn]
Definition
(noun.) the activity of supplying or providing something.
(noun.) a stipulated condition; 'he accepted subject to one provision'.
(noun.) a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms).
(verb.) supply with provisions.
Checked by Archie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
(n.) That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.
(n.) Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; -- often in the plural.
(n.) That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract; the statute has many provisions.
(n.) A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
(n.) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
(v. t.) To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.
Edited by Cary
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Providing, provident care.[2]. Preparation, provident measures or steps.[3]. Stock, store, hoard, fund.[4]. Proviso, stipulation, clause.
Checker: Michelle
Definition
n. act of providing: that which is provided or prepared: measures taken beforehand: a clause in a law or a deed: a rule for guidance: an appointment by the pope to a benefice not yet vacant: preparation: previous agreement: a store of food: provender.—v.t. to supply with provisions or food.—adjs. Provi′sional Provi′sionary provided for the occasion: temporary: containing a provision.—n. Provi′sional-judg′ment a judgment given as far as the available evidence admits but subject to correction under more light.—adv. Provi′sionally.—ns. Provi′sional-or′der an order to do something granted by a secretary of state which when confirmed by the legislature has the force of an act of parliament; Provi′sional-rem′edy a means of detaining in safety a person or property until a decision upon some point in which they are concerned be come to; Provi′sion-mer′chant a general dealer in articles of food.
Editor: Trudy
Examples
- A cocoanut shell always has a soft spot at one end because this is the provision nature has made to allow the embryo of the future tree to push its way out of the hard shell. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Hence, provision was made for carrying a large stock of oil, and for giving a certain period of rest to that already used. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is a poor form of social service that would exhaust the resources of science and philanthropy to care for the former without making any special provision fo r the latter. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The making out of provision returns was stopped for the time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Special provision was also made for injecting streams of pulverized coal in such manner as to create the largely extended zone of combustion. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was as if she would never have done weaving the great provision of her thoughts. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- To be justified in your eyes, he must do it in the most complete uncertainty of any provision. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Provisions are thereby rendered dearer, in the same manner as if it required extraordinary labour and expense to raise them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He immediately signalled to the cruiser to send water, medicine, and provisions, and another boat made the perilous trip to the Arrow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- When he foresees that provisions are likely to run short, he puts them upon short allowance. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- You will be to visit me in prison with a basket of provisions; you will not refuse to visit me in prison? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The two gentlemen, and some others, were so generous and kind as to furnish me with provisions, and see me on board. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- They voted an aid of ten thousand pounds, to be laid out in provisions. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Some of the women went back to the village for provisions, while others remained behind to look after the wounded. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Nashville was, at that time, one of the best provisioned posts in the South. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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