provision
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French provision.
Noun [edit]
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.
- (law) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- An arrest shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
Translations [edit]
An item of goods or supplies obtained for future use
Money set aside for a future event
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(law) A clause in a legal instrument
Verb [edit]
provision (third-person singular simple present provisions, present participle provisioning, simple past and past participle provisioned)
- To supply with provisions.
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Translations [edit]
to supply with provisions
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Finnish [edit]
Noun [edit]
provision
- Genitive singular form of provisio.
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin provisionem (nominative of provisio, from providere "provide")
Noun [edit]
provision f (plural provisions)
