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provision

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Noun, Verb (transitive)
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun provision has 4 senses

Verb provision has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

provisionn. [L. provisio: cf. F. provision. See Provide.].
  •  The act of providing, or making previous preparation.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
  •  That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.  [1913 Webster]
    "Making provision for the relief of strangers."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; -- often in the plural.  [1913 Webster]
    "And of provisions laid in large,
    For man and beast.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract; the statute has many provisions.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.  Blackstone.  [1913 Webster]
provisionv. t. 
     To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.  [1913 Webster]
    "They were provisioned for a journey."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

provision, n. & v.
--n.
1 a the act or an instance of providing (made no provision for his future). b something provided (a provision of bread).
2 (in pl.) food, drink, etc., esp. for an expedition.
3 a a legal or formal statement providing for something. b a clause of this.
4 Eccl. hist. an appointment to a benefice not yet vacant (cf. PROVIDE 5).
--v.tr. supply (an expedition etc.) with provisions.

Derivative
provisioner n. provisionless adj. provisionment n.
Etymology
ME f. OF f. L provisio -onis (as PROVIDE)

THESAURUS

provision

TLC, abundance, accommodation, accordance, accumulation, amassment, anticipation, arrangement, award, awarding, backlog, basic training, bestowal, bestowment, board, boundary condition, bread, bread and butter, briefing, budget, bunker, care, catch, cater, catering, cheer, clause, clearing the decks, coal, collection, comestibles, commissariat, commissary, communication, concession, condition, conferment, conferral, contemplation, contribution, cornucopia, creature comfort, cuisine, cumulation, daily bread, deliverance, delivery, demand, dine, discretion, donation, donnee, dump, eatables, economic support, edibles, endowment, envisagement, envisionment, equipment, escalator clause, escape clause, escape hatch, exception, familiarization, fare, farseeingness, farsightedness, fast food, feast, feed, fill up, fine print, fitting out, fixing, fodder, food, food and drink, foodstuff, foodstuffs, forage, forearming, forecast, foreglance, foregleam, foreglimpse, forehandedness, foreseeing, foresight, foresightedness, forethought, forethoughtfulness, foundation, fuel, furnishing, furnishment, gas, gas up, gifting, given, giving, grant, granting, grass, gratify, graze, groceries, grounds, groundwork, health food, heap, hoard, hooker, impartation, impartment, ingesta, insurance, inventory, investiture, joker, junk food, keep, kicker, kitchen stuff, larder, liberality, limiting condition, livelihood, living, longsightedness, looking ahead, maintenance, makeready, making ready, manna, manufacture, mass, material, materials, materiel, measures, meat, mess, mobilization, mothering, munitions, nourishment, nurture, obligation, offer, oil, outfitting, parameter, pasture, pile, planning, plenitude, plenty, prearrangement, precaution, precautions, precautiousness, prediction, preliminaries, preliminary, preliminary act, preliminary step, prep, preparation, preparatory study, preparing, prepping, prepublication, prerequisite, presentation, presentment, pretreatment, preventive measure, preview, prevision, price support, processing, propaedeutic, prospect, prospection, protection, provender, providence, providing, provisioning, provisionment, provisions, proviso, prudence, purvey, purveyance, qualification, quantity, rations, readiness, readying, regale, repertoire, repertory, requirement, requisite, reservation, restriction, rick, safeguard, sagacity, satisfy, saving clause, sell, sine qua non, small print, spadework, specification, spread, stack, staples, steps, steps and measures, stipulation, stock, stock-in-trade, stockpile, stocks, store, stores, string, strings, subscription, subsidization, subsidy, subsistence, subvention, supplies, supply, supply on hand, supplying, support, surrender, sustain, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, table, tender loving care, term, terms, top off, training, treasure, treasury, treatment, trial, tryout, tucker, ultimatum, upkeep, viands, victual, victuals, vittles, vouchsafement, warm-up, whereas, wine and dine

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Means

N means, resources, wherewithal, ways and means, capital, revenue, stock in trade, provision, a shot in the locker, appliances, means and appliances, conveniences, cards to play, expedients, two strings to one's bow, sheet anchor, aid, medium, instrumental, mechanical, by means of, with, by what means, by all means, by any means, by some means, wherewith, herewith, therewith, wherewithal, how, through, with the aid of, by the aid of, by the agency of.

Provision

N provision, supply, grist, grist for the mill, subvention, resources, groceries, grocery, providing, purveyance, reinforcement, reenforcement, commissariat, provender, ensilage, viaticum, caterer, purveyor, commissary, quartermaster, manciple, feeder, batman, victualer, grocer, comprador, restaurateur, jackal, pelican, sutler, grocery shop, grocery store.

VB provide, make provision, make due provision for, lay in, lay in a stock, lay in a store, supply, suppeditate, furnish, find, find one in, arm, cater, victual, provision, purvey, forage, beat up for, stock, stock with, make good, replenish, fill, fill up, recruit, feed, have in store, have in reserve, keep, keep by one, keep on foot, keep on hand, have to fall back upon, store, provide against a rainy day.

Preparation

N preparation, providing, provision, providence, anticipation, precaution, preconcertation, predisposition, forecast, rehearsal, note of preparation, arrangement, clearance, adjustment, tuning, equipment, outfit, accouterment, armament, array, ripening, maturation, evolution, elaboration, concoction, digestion, gestation, batching, incubation, sitting, groundwork, first stone, cradle, stepping-stone, foundation, scaffold, scaffolding, echafaudage, training, inurement, novitiate, cooking, cookery, brewing, culinary art, tilling, plowing sowing, semination, cultivation, preparedness, readiness, ripeness, mellowness, maturity, un impromptu fait a loisir, preparer, trainer, pioneer, trailblazer, avant-courrier, avant-coureur, voortrekker, sappers and miners, pavior, navvy, packer, stevedore, warming pan, preparing, in preparation, in course of preparation, in agitation, in embryo, in hand, in train, afoot, afloat, on foot, on the stocks, on the anvil, under consideration, brewing, batching, forthcoming, brooding, in store for, in reserve, precautionary, provident, preparative, preparatory, provisional, inchoate, under revision, preliminary, prepared, in readiness, ready, ready to one's band, ready made, ready cut and dried: made to one's hand, handy, on the table, in gear, in working order, in working gear, snug, in practice, ripe, mature, mellow, pukka, practiced, labored, elaborate, highly-wrought, smelling of the lamp, worked up, in full feather, in best bib and tucker, in harness, at harness, in the saddle, in arms, in battle array, in war paint, up in arms, armed at all points, armed to the teeth, armed cap a pie, sword in hand, booted and spurred, in utrumque paratus, semper paratus, on the alert, at one's post, in preparation, in anticipation of, against, for, abroach, a bove majori discit arare minor, looking before and after, si vis pacem para bellum.

Wealth

N wealth, riches, fortune, handsome fortune, opulence, affluence, good circumstances, easy circumstances, independence, competence, solvency, provision, livelihood, maintenance, alimony, dowry, means, resources, substance, property, command of money, income, capital, money, round sum, mint of money, mine of wealth, El Dorado, bonanza, Pacatolus, Golconda, Potosi, long purse, full purse, well lined purse, heavy purse, deep pockets, purse of Fortunatus, embarras de richesses, pelf, Mammon, lucre, filthy lucre, loaves and fishes, rich man, moneyed man, warm man, man of substance, capitalist, millionaire, tippybob, Nabob, Croesus, idas, Plutus, Dives, Timon of Athens, Timocracy, Plutocracy, Danae, wealthy, rich, affluent, opulent, moneyed, monied, worth much, well to do, well off, warm, comfortable, well, well provided for, made of money, rich as Croesus, filthy rich, rich as a Jew, rolling in riches, rolling in wealth, flush, flush of cash, flush of money, flush of tin, in funds, in cash, in full feather, solvent, pecunious, out of debt, in the black, all straight, one's ship coming in, amour fait beaucoup mais argent fait tout, love does much but money does everything, aurea rumpunt tecta quietem, magna servitus ist magna fortuna, mammon, the least erected spirit that fell from Heaven, opum furiata cupido, vera prosperita e non aver necessita, wie gewonnen so zerronnen.

Food

N food, eating, deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination, gluttony, hippophagy, ichthyophagy, (appetite), mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard, gob, chops, drinking, potation, draught, libation, carousal, drunkenness, food, pabulum, aliment, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, sustentation, sustention, nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board, commissariat, prey, forage, pasture, pasturage, fare, cheer, diet, dietary, regimen, belly timber, staff of life, bread, bread and cheese, comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta, grub, grubstake, prog, meat, bread, bread stuffs, cerealia, cereals, viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots, festal board, ambrosia, good cheer, good living, beef, bisquit, bun, cornstarch, cookie, cooky, cracker, doughnut, fatling, hardtack, hoecake, hominy, mutton, pilot bread, pork, roti, rusk, ship biscuit, veal, joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled, remove, entremet, releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince, pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat, pie, pasty, volauvent, pudding, omelet, pastry, sweets, kickshaws, condiment, appetizer, hors d'oeuvre, main course, entree, alligator pear, apple, apple slump, artichoke, ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack, atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak, beet root, blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey, chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut, table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote, ordinary, entree, meal, repast, feed, spread, mess, dish, plate, course, regale, regalement, refreshment, entertainment, refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket, breakfast, lunch, luncheon, dejeuner, bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert, potluck, table d'hote, dejeuner a la fourchette, hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal, blowout, light refreshment, bara, chotahazri, bara khana, mouthful, bolus, gobbet, morsel, sop, sippet, drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup, potion, dram, draught, drench, swill, nip, sip, sup, gulp, wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet, grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail, gin, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates, bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer, Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep, near beer, 2 beer, non- alcoholic beverage, eating house, diner, hippophage, glutton, eatable, edible, esculent, comestible, alimentary, cereal, cibarious, dietetic, culinary, nutritive, nutritious, gastric, succulent, potable, potulent, bibulous, omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous, ichthyivorous, omophagic, omophagous, pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous, across the walnuts and the wine, blessed hour of our dinners!, now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!, who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite?.

Qualification

N qualification, limitation, modification, coloring, allowance, grains of allowance, consideration, extenuating circumstances, mitigation, condition, proviso, prerequisite, contingency, stipulation, provision, specification, sine qua non, catch, string, strings attached, exemption, exception, escape clause, salvo, saving clause, discount, restriction, fine print, qualifying, qualified, conditioned, restricted, hedged, conditional, exceptional, hypothetical, contingent, provided, provided that, provided always, if, unless, but, yet, according as, conditionally, admitting, supposing, on the supposition of, with the understanding, even, although, though, for all that, after all, at all events, approximately, in a limited degree (smallness), somewhat, sort of, something like that, to a certain extent, to a degree, in a sense, so to speak, with grains of allowance, cum grano salis, with a grain of salt, exceptis excipiendis, wind and weather permitting, if possible, subject to, conditioned upon, with this proviso, if the good lord is willing and the creeks don't r, catch-, Degrees of Evidence.

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