provision

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Synonyms: prevision, prævision, profusion, precision, proviso, provisions, prolusion, revision, provisos, provisor, prodition

Antonyms: prevision, prævision, profusion, precision, proviso, provisions, prolusion, revision, provisos, provisor, prodition

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. An item of [[good#Noun|goods]] or [[supplies]], especially food, obtained for future use.
2. The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
3. Money set aside for a future event.
4. {{lb|en|accounting}} A liability or [[contra]] account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
5. {{senseid|en|law}}{{lb|en|law}} A [[clause]] in a legal instrument, a law, etc., [[providing]] for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
6. {{lb|en|Roman Catholicism}} Regular [[induction]] into a [[benefice]], comprehending [[nomination]], [[collation]], and [[installation]].
7. {{lb|en|Britain|historical}} A nomination by the [[pope]] to a benefice before it became [[vacant]], depriving the [[patron]] of his right of [[presentation]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[supply]] with provisions.
2. {{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To supply (a [[user]]) with an [[account]], [[resource]]s, etc. so that they can use a [[system]]; to [[install]] the necessary [[software]] on a [[bare-bones]] [[system]] so it can be used for a specific purpose.

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