provision
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French provision, from Latin prōvīsiō (“preparation, foresight”), from prōvidēre (“provide”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
provision (plural provisions)
- An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
- Francis Bacon
- making provision for the relief of strangers
- Milton
- And of provisions laid in large, / For man and beast.
- Francis Bacon
- The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- 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.
- (Roman Catholic) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
- (UK, historical) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Blackstone to this entry?)
Translations[edit]
An item of goods or supplies obtained for future use
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Money set aside for a future event
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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]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin prōvīsiō (“preparation, foresight”), from prōvidēre (“provide”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
provision f (plural provisions)
