provision

From Middle English provisioun, from Old French provisïon, from Latin prōvīsiō (“preparation, foresight”), from prōvidēre (“provide”).

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/

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• Hyphenation: pro‧vi‧sion

provision (countable and uncountable, plural provisions)

1. An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Francis Bacon

     making provision for the relief of strangers

   • (Can we date this quote?) John 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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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.

• supply
• victual

• deprovision
• direct provision
• ground provisions
• provisional
• provisionings
• provide

provision

1. Genitive singular form of provisio.

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

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.vi.zjɔ̃/

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provision f (plural provisions)

1. provision

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

• poivrions

provision

1. Alternative form of provisioun