Definition of provision

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of provision is as below...

Provision (n.) That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract; the statute has many provisions..

Lern More About Provision

Quartermaster :: Quartermaster (n.) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies..
Commons :: Commons (n. pl.) Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities..
Mess :: Mess (n.) A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; as, a mess of pottage; also, the food given to a beast at one time..
Ytterbium :: Ytterbium (n.) A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated with yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite. Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.2. Cf. Yttrium..
Purveyor :: Purveyor (n.) An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household..
Achate :: Achate (n.) Provisions. Same as Cates.
Endowment :: Endowment (n.) The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support..
Store :: Store (v. t.) Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family..
Battel :: Battel (v. i.) To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.
Purvey :: Purvey (v. i.) To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.
Protista :: Protista (n. pl.) A provisional group in which are placed a number of low microscopic organisms of doubtful nature. Some are probably plants, others animals..
Staunch :: Statutory (a.) Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision..
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army..
Victualer :: Victualer (n.) A vessel employed to carry provisions, usually for military or naval use; a provision use; a provision ship..
Grist :: Grist (n.) Supply; provision.
Feast :: Feast (v. t.) To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king..
Fund :: Fund (n.) A store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure; a supply; a full provision of resources; as, a fund of wisdom or good sense..
Forecast :: Forecast (n.) Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation..
Provisioning :: Provisioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provisio.
Cache :: Cache (n.) A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us