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Meaning of Proviso | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
pɹəˈvaɪzoʊ

Definitions

  1. A township in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
  2. A conditional provision to an agreement.

Equivalents

العربية الشّرط
Български условие
Español salvedad
Suomi varauma varaus
Gàidhlig coingheall cùmhnant
Galego condición
Bahasa Indonesia syarat
日本語 但し書き 但書
Nederlands voorbehoud
Polski klauzula

Examples

“Now, with all these provisos in mind, what’s the best way to put spinach to work? All due respect to Popeye, a can may not be the tastiest way to introduce it to your table.”
“The biggest change in the governance of American horse racing was tucked into a 2020 federal spending bill. That proviso ultimately created the national Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, or HISA – a move that, after three previous legislative attempts, found support from federal lawmakers after a particularly deadly season at a California racetrack.”
“The writing has been on the wall that Americans’ support for mass deportation was subject to all kinds of caveats and provisos.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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