Definition of provision

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Provision (n.) Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; -- often in the plural..

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Keeping :: Keeping (n.) Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping..
Constitutionality :: Constitutionality (n.) The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions..
Catery :: Catery (n.) The place where provisions are deposited.
Bouge :: Bouge (n.) Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions..
Munition :: Munition (n.) Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds..
Fare :: Fare (v.) Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare..
Finding :: Finding (n.) Support; maintenance; that which is provided for one; expence; provision.
Victualer :: Victualer (n.) A vessel employed to carry provisions, usually for military or naval use; a provision use; a provision ship..
Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense..
Muscardine :: Muscardine (n.) A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, the fungus itself..
By-law :: By-law (n.) A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside..
Scant :: Scant (superl.) Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment..
Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table..
Board :: Board (n.) Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board..
Adelaster :: Adelaster (n.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus..
Stowage :: Stowage (n.) The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of provisions in a vessel..
Sutural :: Suttle (v. i.) To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.
De Bene Esse :: De bene esse () Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally.
Dispense :: Dispense (v. t.) To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines..
Subsistence :: Subsist (v. t.) To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family..
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