Provision

Word PROVISION
Character 9
Hyphenation pro vi sion
Pronunciations /pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/

Definitions and meanings of "Provision"

What do we mean by provision?

The act of providing or supplying something. noun

The act of making preparations for a possible or future event or situation. noun

Something provided. noun

Necessary supplies, such as food and clothing, as for a journey. noun

A preparatory action or measure. noun

A particular requirement in a law, rule, agreement, or document. noun

To supply with provisions. intransitive verb

To take preparatory action or measures. intransitive verb

To provide with things necessary; especially, to supply with a store of food.

Foreseeing; foresight. noun

The act of providing, or making previous preparation. noun

A measure taken beforehand; something arranged or prepared in advance; a preparation; provident care. noun

Accumulation of stores or materials beforehand; a store or stock provided. noun

Specifically, a stock of food provided; hence, victuals; food; provender: usually in the plural. noun

In law, a stipulation; a rule provided; a distinct clause in an instrument or statute; a rule or principle to be referred to for guidance: as, the provisions of law; the provisions of the constitution. It is sometimes used of unwritten as well as of written laws and constitutions. noun

Plural Certain early or medieval English statutes. See phrases below. noun

In eccles, law, promotion to office by an ecclesiastical superior; especially, appointment by the Pope to a see or benefice in advance of the next vacancy, setting aside the regular patron's right of nomination. noun

To supply with food; to victual. transitive verb

An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

Money set aside for a future event.

A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.

A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.

Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.

A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.

The contents of a dish, usually pertaining to various vegetables in the dish such as fig, etc. A term used in various parts of the Caribbean particularly Trinidad and Tobago. Urban Dictionary

1. An umbrella term used in many Telecom companies that covers the process of adding a new service or expanding an existing service. 2. A catchy term that clueless sales guys use to refer to the deployment of complicated services when talking with their even-more-clueless customers. Engineers sometimes use this term will sales guys and customers as well, to avoid the confusion caused by explaining the technical nature of their work. Urban Dictionary

Used typically as phone-slang for some kind of illegal substance, usually drugs. Urban Dictionary

In telecommunications terms, provisioning means to provide telecommunications services to a user. This includes providing all necessary hardware, software, and wiring or transmission devices. Urban Dictionary

Pro·vi·sion·al·ism: listening with an open mind, openness to new possibilities. Urban Dictionary

Some one who like to hoe around a more subtle term for a whore Urban Dictionary

Pro-Visional-ism: Vision being the ability to see the future in this sense and pro being an influence, that being said provisionalism means having an influence on the future. Urban Dictionary

A vote coming from the morons of certain areas of a country, who have no idea where to go to vote so they hit up any voting place they can; causing votes that cannot be counted for up to 10 days delaying an election. Urban Dictionary

Usually a misspelling of the words 'French Provincial', could also refer to a line of cardboard temporary furniture in the French Provincial style. Urban Dictionary

(n) term used to described the stash of food you plan to eat after consuming cannabis Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Provision

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The word "provision" in example sentences

After Democrats agreed to drop the public option and the Medicare buy-in provision from the Senate health care bill in December, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) took to the Senate floor to “declare” his support for the legislation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The source of authority for the provision is the combined effect of the General Welfare Clause and the Sixteenth Amendment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Speaking for Virginia, state Solicitor General E. Duncan Getchell Jr. told Hudson that the provision is an unprecedented, unlimited and unsupportable in any serious regime of delegated, enumerated powers. ❋ Rosalind S. Helderman (2010)

The Court shall exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression once a provision is adopted in accordance with articles 121 and 123 defining the crime and setting out the conditions under which the Court shall exercise jurisdiction with respect to this crime. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It seems to me that you would also agree that this provision is absurd. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This provision is also different from traditional citizen suit provisions in that it provides for monetary penalties. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I do not think will change unless and until a provision is added to the copy right law covering computer file sharing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Google “R.v. Oakes” if you want to see the big case that defined how this provision is actually used. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For young people entering the workforce in a bad economy, this provision is a critical safety net, said Karen Pollitz, research professor at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Thus the provision is a formality, not a real restriction. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Metadata for the travel/consumer site, also not a problem - not done yet, but the provision is there and the business just needs to actually put the data in, thankfully not my job. ❋ Mynxii (2007)

■ Agreeing to the terms and conditions, as if separately signed, in the “Memorandum of Agreement: Mutual Aid for Incidents of National Significance (non-Stafford Act),” set forth in the Financial Management Support Annex, Attachment 3, December 2004, in the NRP (this provision is applicable only to Federal departments and agencies); ❋ Unknown (2005)

Implicit in this provision is an understanding that good deeds at age 25 do not qualify one for the White House and that a candidate who behaved rather badly at that age is entitled to claim, as George Bush did in 2000, that "when I was young and foolish, I was young and foolish." ❋ Unknown (2004)

This provision is a step toward remedying the persistent underrepresentation of people of color in decision-making bodies addressing racial profiling. ❋ Unknown (2003)

This provision is an extreme example of that desire for continuity of municipal policy which pervades the English system of municipal government. ❋ Unknown (1906)

Tantie, [whey] all de [provision] an [dumplin] an ting, oh gosh! ❋ Keenan Daniel Dumoy (2008)

Example 1 You: "I ordered this internet circuit three months ago; where the hell is it?" [Internet Service Provider]: "Oh, it appears there was an error in the provisioning process and that circuit was dropped to Alabama instead of New York. You: "FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU..." Example 2 Customer: "When is our [internets] and servers and things going to be up and running? Sales douche: "Well sir, our engineers are almost done provisioning these items for you. Isn't that right, engineer?" Engineer: "FML... Yes, I will be 'provisioning' your entire IT infrastructure by the end of the week, like our sales guy promised on my behalf." Customer: "That word sounded fancy and not too technical! [I feel better] now." ❋ D3athp3nguin (2011)

Guy 1: Are you going to bring provisions? Guy 2: [Yes I'm] meeting my guy in [the Taco] [Bell] parking lot in a hour. ❋ Shady2ton (2007)

[Please be advised] that provisioning of new services at DodgyISP [inc]. will be [unavailable] during christmas. ❋ Serge Rivest (2005)

[Thomas Jefferson] believed in [provisionalism]. He argued that because no generation has a right to bind subsequent generations, the Constitution should [expire] every 19 years. ❋ TakesNoCredit (2016)

She's my provisional ❋ Charlesdope (2017)

[rebellion] is an [idea] of [provisionalism] ❋ Deetmx (2007)

[Save it] for the last [minute] [voter]. ❋ Brent S. (2004)

"[I won't] be living here long, so I'll just [furnish] the place with some french provisional [furniture]." ❋ Creepy Craig (2008)

“[Which one] of us is [going to the store] to get [provisions]?!” ❋ Cocosmom (2020)

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