Meaning of provision | Babel Free

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1. Clause, provision.
2. An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use
3. An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
   countable, uncountable
4. commission
5. To supply with provisions.
6. The act of providing, or making previous preparation
7. The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
   countable, uncountable
8. To take preparatory action or measures: A bank must provision against losses from bad loans.
9. Money set aside for a future event
10. Money set aside for a future event.
    countable, uncountable
11. to supply (especially an army) with food. voorsien يُزَوِّد снабдявам с провизии abastecer zásobit potravinami mit Proviant versorgen forsyne τροφοδοτώ, προμηθεύωabastecimiento, provisión, suministro varustama (toidumoonaga) آذوقه رساندن muonittaa ravitailler לְסַפֵּק सामान या रसद पहुंचाना, दिलाना या एकत्र कराना élelmez menyediakan makanan birgja upp approvvigionare 食料を供給する 음식을 제공하다 aprūpinti maistu apgādāt ar pārtiku membekali bevoorradenforsyne med proviant zaprowiantować غذايى مواد برابرول...
    especially
12. A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions
13. A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
    countable, uncountable
14. temporary; appointed, arranged etc only for the present time. a provisional government. voorlopig وَقْتي، مُؤَقَّت временен provisório prozatímní provisorisch midlertidig προσωρινόςprovisional ajutine موقتی tilapäinen provisoireזמני अस्थायी ideiglenes sementara bráðabirgða- provvisorio 仮の 임시의, 잠정적인 laikinas provizorisks; pagaidu- sementara tijdelijkmidlertidig, foreløpigtymczasowy د لږ وخت لپاره provisório (în mod) provizoriu временный dočasný, prechodný začasen privremen provisorisk เฉพาะกาล...
    etc
15. A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso
16. A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
    countable, uncountable
17. Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
    countable, uncountable
18. voorlopig بصورةٍ مؤقَّتَه временно provisoriamente přechodně provisorisch midlertidigt προσωρινάprovisionalmente ajutiselt بطور موقت tilapäisesti provisoirement בְּאוֹפֶן זְמִני अनिमता से, अस्थायी रूप से átmenetileg untuk sementara til bráðabirgða provvisoriamente 仮に 임시적으로, 잠정적으로 laikinai provizoriski buat sementara waktu voorlopiginntil videre, midlertidig tymczasowo د لږ وخت لپاره provisoriamente provizoriu временно prechodne začasno privremeno provisoriskt อย่างเฉพาะกาล geçiçi olarak 臨時地 т...
19. A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
    British, countable, historical, uncountable
20. (a supply of) food. The campers got their provisions at the village shop. voorraad مؤونَه провизии mantimentos potraviny die Nahrungsmittel (pl.) forsyninger προμήθειες provisiones toidumoon آذوقه elintarvikkeet provisionsאספקה खाद्य आपूर्ति élelmiszerek makanan birgðir provviste 食料 (식량 등의) 공급, (~에의) 지급, 제공 maisto atsargos pārtikas krājumi bekalan proviandproviant, forsyningerprowiant غذايى مواد mantimentos (provizii de) alimente съестные припасы potraviny živež zalihe proviant เสบียง erzak, ...
21. to provide what is necessary for. You should make provision for your old age. voorsiening maak يَدَّخِر ما يكفيه грижа се за economizar pamatovat na, zajistit se Vorkehrungen treffen für sørge for προβλέπω, προνοώ για asegurar el porvenir hoolt kandma تامین آتیه کردن tehdä valmisteluja pourvoir aux besoins de הַכָנָה לְעָתִיד biztosít mencukupi kebutuhan gera ráðstafanir (provvedere a) ～の準備する 준비하다 apsirūpinti []rūpēties par membuat persediaan utk zorgen voorsørge for poczynić przygotowania na...
22. provisión, abastecimiento, materiales.
23. The act of providing or supplying something: the provision of health care; the provision of rations.
24. Something provided: A fire escape is an important provision in a building.

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Examples

“[H]e hath preſerued all points of Humanity, in taking Order, and making Proviſion for the Releefe of Strangers diſtreſſed; whereof you have taſted.”

“[Noah] Began to build a Veſſel of huge bulk, / Meaſur'd by Cubit, length, and breadth, and highth, / Smeared round with Pitch, and in the ſide a dore, / Contriv'd, and of proviſions laid in large / For Man and Beaſt: [...]”

“We have an infirm ſhip's company, and but five months proviſion, which muſt ſerve us to China unleſs we get a ſupply at Guam.”

“Fiue dayes we do allot thee for prouision, To shield thee from disasters of the world,”

“And as congressional Republicans were passing a very unpopular Trump agenda bill last month, Vice President JD Vance argued that its historic expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and new immigration enforcement provisions were so important that “everything else” was “immaterial.””

“We increased our provision for bad debts on credit sales going into the recession.”

“An arrest shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Act.”

“Almost half of MEPs wanted to remove the new provisions' to expand the use of megatrucks but an amendment to do that failed to pass by just six votes.”

“a papal provision”

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