[ UK /pɹəvˈɪʒən/ ]
[ US /pɹəˈvɪʒən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)
  2. a stipulated condition
    he accepted subject to one provision
  3. the activity of supplying or providing something
  4. the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening
    his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties
VERB
  1. supply with provisions
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How To Use provision In A Sentence

  • These provisions, although expressed at a level of great generality, have often been invoked by those who posit the existence of a broad international duty to cooperate or a right to solidarity.
  • National Provisions Company, and went out preaching fiat money and a subtreasury for the farmers 'crops, trusting to God and the flower garden about his little white house, to keep the family alive -- it is odd that Jeanette's childish impression was that General Ward was a man of consequence in the world. A Certain Rich Man
  • But he railed against subsidies for ethanol producers and other provisions of the bill that he called unneeded, unnecessary, unwanted sweeteners ' ' to win votes for the package. Tax-Cut Bill Draws Wide Support in Senate
  • Unlike several other states, Pennsylvania has no provisions for unincorporated territory.
  • We've seen these kind of games played before in conference, where conferees drop provisions which they should not drop when they're both in the House and the Senate bills.
  • The hands-off policy was extended to the structure of citizen participation and the social targeting provisions.
  • The bold provisionality and elegant openness of Merz's installations, as well as his own freewheeling personal presence and oracular writings, helped make him the most widely recognized of all the Arte Povera artists.
  • The Rules do contain adequate provisions for appeal by the person upon whom a notice is served.
  • Pension Under statute you are required to make provision for your pension.
  • The helpers provision the couple's fledglings with a steady supply of lerp, sugary casings secreted by plant-sucking insects. Signs of the Times
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