Provision

Noun

 * 1) An item of goods or supplies obtained for future use.
 * 2) Money set aside for a future event.
 * 3)  A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
 * We increased our provision for bad debts on credit sales going into the recession.
 * 1)  A  clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
 * An arrest shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

Verb

 * 1) To supply with provisions.

Synonyms

 * supply
 * victual

Related terms

 * provisional
 * provisionings
 * provide

Verbs for Provision
adhere to—s of; annul—; balk at—; contemplate—; decry—; disregard—; enforce —; evade—; exempt from—; heed—; ignore—; incorporate—; infract—; insert—; inveigh against—; nullify—; sanction—; violate—; —amends; —augments; —compels; —eases; —elaborates on; —embodies; —wobbles.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From provision.

Noun

 * Dutch: provisie
 * French:
 * Irish:


 * Japanese:, 配給
 * Polish:


 * French:
 * Japanese: 準備高


 * Polish: zabezpieczenie


 * : provizo

Verb

 * Estonian: hankima
 * French: provisionner (only in the financial meaning)


 * Japanese: 支給する
 * Polish: zaopatrywać

Noun
provision



Noun

 * 1) provision

Etymology
From provisionem (nominative of provisio, from providere "provide")

Anagrams

 * poivrions