# provision

Pronunciation: say "pruh-VIZH-uhn" /pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/

## Noun

1. A clause in a law, contract, or other legal document that deals with a particular matter; a stipulation or proviso.
   - Simple: A part of a law or contract that sets a rule about one particular thing.
   - _The lease includes a provision requiring tenants to give sixty days' notice._
   - _Lawmakers added a provision to the bill capping interest rates._
2. An item of food or other supplies obtained and kept for future use.
   - Simple: A piece of food or other supply that you store for use later.
   - _A provision ship reached the fort in March, carrying flour, salt pork, and lamp oil._
   - _The settlers gathered provisions to last them through the winter._
3. The act of providing something, or of making preparations in advance.
   - Simple: The act of giving people what they need, or getting ready ahead of time.
   - _The provision of clean water is the charity's main goal._
   - _Careful provision for emergencies saved many lives that night._
4. Money set aside in advance to pay for a future event.
   - Simple: Money that you keep ready for something that will happen later.
   - _The company set aside a provision for major repairs._
   - _He kept a small provision in case of sudden medical bills._
7. An amount recorded as a liability or contra account to recognize likely future losses arising from current transactions.
   - Simple: Money a business sets aside now to cover a loss it expects later.
   - _The company increased its provision for doubtful accounts after the downturn._
   - _Auditors questioned whether the provision adequately covered expected warranty claims._
8. A papal nomination of someone to a church benefice before it fell vacant, overriding the patron's normal right to present a candidate. *(British)*
   - Simple: Long ago, the pope's choice of a person for a church job before it became empty.
   - _The abbey lost its preferred candidate when a papal provision installed an outsider._
   - _Barons complained that each provision stripped them of their right to present a clerk._
9. The regular induction of a cleric into a benefice, comprising nomination, collation, and installation.
   - Simple: The full process of placing a priest into a church post, step by step.
   - _The provision of the new vicar followed the customary stages of nomination and installation._
   - _Church records detail each provision granting a cleric his benefice._

## Verb

5. To supply someone or something with food and other necessary supplies.
   - Simple: To give a group the food and supplies they need.
   - _Quartermasters provision the troops before any long campaign._
   - _The captain provisioned the vessel for a two-year voyage._
6. To give a user the account and resources needed to use a system, or to install software on a bare machine so it can serve a purpose.
   - Simple: To set up an account or system so someone can start using it.
   - _Administrators provision each server with the required software before deployment._
   - _The cloud platform automatically provisions virtual machines as demand rises._

## Origin

This word comes from Middle English provisioun, from Old French provisïon, from Latin prōvīsiō ('preparation, foresight'), which derives from prōvidēre ('to provide').

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/provision (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).