Definition of provision

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Provision (n.) That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.

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Battel :: Battel (n.) Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively..
Protista :: Protista (n. pl.) A provisional group in which are placed a number of low microscopic organisms of doubtful nature. Some are probably plants, others animals..
Market :: Market (n.) A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week..
Provisor :: Provisor (n.) One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6..
Provision :: Provision (n.) That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.
Muscardine :: Muscardine (n.) A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, the fungus itself..
Cache :: Cache (n.) A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry..
Provision :: Provision (n.) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation..
Rawly :: Rawly (adv.) Without proper preparation or provision.
Store :: Store (v. t.) Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family..
Provisioned :: Provisioned (imp. & p. p.) of Provisio.
Tender :: Tender (n.) A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like..
Scandium :: Scandium (n.) A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44..
Quartermaster :: Quartermaster (n.) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies..
Harness Cask :: Harness cask () A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub.
Homesteader :: Homesteader (n.) One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner..
Victualer :: Victualer (n.) A vessel employed to carry provisions, usually for military or naval use; a provision use; a provision ship..
Spence :: Spence (n.) A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry.
Fare :: Fare (v.) Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare..
Purvey :: Purvey (v. t.) To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like..
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