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Housekeeping :: Housekeeping (n.) Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.

Preemption :: Preemption (n.) The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others.

Large :: Large (superl.) Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions..

Pantry :: Pantry (n.) An apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept.

Provision :: Provision (n.) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation..

Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table..

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..

Endowment :: Endowment (n.) The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support..

Provision :: Provision (n.) The act of providing, or making previous preparation..

Allowance :: Allowance (n.) To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced..

Provisory :: Provisory (a.) Making temporary provision; provisional.

Cellarer :: Cellarer (n.) A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.

Famine :: Famine (n.) General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.

Opsonation :: Opsonation (n.) A catering; a buying of provisions.

Hoard :: Hoard (n.) A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money..

Churchwarden :: Churchwarden (n.) One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service..

Bouge :: Bouge (n.) Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions..

Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army..

Rent :: Rent (n.) A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc..

Tender :: Tender (n.) A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like..

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