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Definition of: provision
(prə·vizh′ən) noun
1. Measures taken or means made ready in advance; the act of taking such measures.
2. plural Food or a supply of food; victuals.
3. Something provided or prepared, as against future need.
4. A stipulation or requirement; the part of an agreement, instrument, etc., referring to one specific thing.
5. Appointment to a see or benefice not yet vacant, including designation, institution, and installation; especially, such appointment when made by the pope, before a vacancy, so as to set aside nomination by the ordinary patron.
6. plural Medieval English statutes by which certain important matters were provided for: the provisions of Oxford. See synonyms under NUTRIMENT, STOCK.
—v.t. To provide with food or provisions. [<OF <L provisio, -onis a foreseeing <provisus, pp. of providere. See PROVIDE.]
—pro·vi′sion·er noun