provision

About 25.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
2. noun The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
3. noun Money set aside for a future event.
4. noun 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.

5. noun 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.

6. noun Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
7. noun A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
8. verb To supply with provisions.

   to provision an army

Similar words

providing supply purvey preparation planning proviso supplying supplier resource issuance

Often followed by

of for in is was that to and has

Word family

provisioned provisioning provisions