provision
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[edit] English
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From Old French provision.
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provision (plural provisions)
- An item of goods or supplies obtained for future use.
- Money set aside for a future event.
- (accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
- We increased our provision for bad debts on credit sales going into the recession.
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an item of goods or supplies obtained for future use
financial money set aside for a future event
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[edit] Verb
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to provision (third-person singular simple present provisions, present participle provisioning, simple past and past participle provisioned)
- To supply with provisions.
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to supply with provisions
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[edit] Finnish
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provision
- Genitive singular form of provisio.
[edit] French
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From Latin provisionem (nominative of provisio, from providere "provide")
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provision f. (plural provisions)
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of iinooprsv
- poivrions
