Definition of provision

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

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Purveyance :: Purveyance (n.) That which is provided; provisions; food.
Inexhaustible :: Inexhaustible (a.) Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of provisions; an inexhaustible stock of elegant words..
Shifter :: Shifter (n.) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions..
Buttery :: Buttery (n.) An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept..
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army..
Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense..
Munition :: Munition (n.) Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds..
Endowment :: Endowment (n.) The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support..
Provision :: Provision (n.) That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract; the statute has many provisions..
Safe :: Safe (n.) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
Fare :: Fare (v.) Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare..
Provisioning :: Provisioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provisio.
Prudence :: Prudence (n.) The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality..
Vivandiere :: Vivandiere (n.) In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler..
Market :: Market (n.) A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold..
Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table..
Comparation :: Comparation (n.) A making ready; provision.
Catery :: Catery (n.) The place where provisions are deposited.
Relay :: Relay (n.) A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief..
Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries..
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