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Purview :: Purview (n.) The limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions.

Issue :: Issue (v. t.) To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions..

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

Ration :: Ration (n.) A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence..

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

Fare :: Fare (v.) Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare..

Staunch :: Statutory (a.) Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision..

Provision :: Provision (v. t.) To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison..

Endow :: Endow (v. t.) To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution..

Ordinance :: Ordinance (n.) Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision.

Insufficient :: Insufficient (a.) Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality..

Provisor :: Provisor (n.) One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6..

Victualer :: Victualer (n.) A vessel employed to carry provisions, usually for military or naval use; a provision use; a provision ship..

Fund :: Fund (n.) A store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure; a supply; a full provision of resources; as, a fund of wisdom or good sense..

Provisionary :: Provisionary (a.) Provisional.

Entertainment :: Entertainment (n.) That which entertains, or with which one is entertained; as: (a) Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especially, provision for the table; a hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal. (b) That which engages the attention agreeably, amuses or diverts, whether in private, as by conversation, etc., or in public, by performances of some kind; amusement..

Forage :: Forage (n.) The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc..

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

Sutural :: Suttle (v. i.) To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.

By-law :: By-law (n.) A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside..

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