provision

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/

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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 Catholic) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
7. (UK, 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
• Polish: zaopatrzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: provisão (pt) f
• Romanian: provizie (ro) f
• Russian: снабжение (ru) n (snabžénije)
• Spanish: provisión

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: обеспечение (ru) n (obespečénije)

(law) A clause in a legal instrument

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 條件, 條款

• 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. To supply with provisions.

Synonyms

• supply
• victual

Related terms

• provisional
• provisionings
• provide

Translations

to supply with provisions

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

• 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/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

provision f (plural provisions)

1. provision

Anagrams

• poivrions

External links

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