provision

See also: Provision and provisión

English

Etymology

From Old French provision, from Latin prōvīsiō (“preparation, foresight”), from prōvidēre (“provide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/

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• Hyphenation: pro‧vi‧sion

Noun

provision (plural provisions)

1. 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.

2. The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

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3. Money set aside for a future event.
4. (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.

5. (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.

6. (Roman Catholicism) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
7. (Britain, historical) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.

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Translations

An item of goods or supplies obtained for future use

• Dutch: provisie (nl)
• French: provision (fr) f
• German: Provision (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: πόρος m (póros)

• Irish: lón m
• Japanese: 支給 (ja) (shikyū), 配給 (haikyū)
• Maori: ō, ōmanapou, pōwhiriwhiri (for a journey), kamenga (applies only to food)

• Navajo: bidookįįłii
• Ngazidja Comorian: zawadi
• Polish: zaopatrzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: provisão (pt) f
• Romanian: provizie (ro) f
• Russian: снабже́ние (ru) n (snabžénije)
• Spanish: provisión (es)

act of providing

• Irish: oirchill f

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: levering m, f

  Nynorsk: levering f

Money set aside for a future event

• French: provision (fr) f
• Japanese: 準備高 (jyunbi-daka)
• Polish: zabezpieczenie (pl) n

• Portuguese: provisão (pt) f
• Russian: обеспече́ние (ru) n (obespečénije)

(law) A clause in a legal instrument

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 條件 (zh), 條款 (zh)

• Dutch: bepaling (nl)

• Finnish: (in statutes) säännös (fi), (in contracts) määräys (fi)
• Hebrew: תנאי‎ (he) m (tnay)
• Swedish: bestämmelse (sv) c

Verb

provision (third-person singular simple present provisions, present participle provisioning, simple past and past participle provisioned)

1. (transitive) To supply with provisions.

   to provision an army

2. (transitive, computing) To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system.

Synonyms

• supply
• victual

Related terms

• deprovision
• provisional
• provisionings
• provide

Translations

to supply with provisions

• Estonian: hankima
• Finnish: muonitta
• French: (only in the financial meaning) provisionner (fr)

• Japanese: 支給する (shikyū)
• Polish: zaopatrywać (pl)
• Portuguese: prover (pt), aprovisionar (pt), provisionar

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Finnish

Noun

provision

1. Genitive singular form of provisio.

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French

Etymology

From Latin prōvīsiō (“preparation, foresight”), from prōvidēre (“provide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.vi.zjɔ̃/

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Noun

provision f (plural provisions)

1. provision

Anagrams

• poivrions

Further reading

• “provision” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).