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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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..
Wangan :: Wangan (n.) A boat for conveying provisions, tools, etc.; -- so called by Maine lumbermen..
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..
Stock :: Stock (n.) Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions..
Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town..
Statutable :: Statutable (a.) Made or introduced by statute; proceeding from an act of the legistature; as, a statutable provision or remedy..
Endowment :: Endowment (n.) The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support..
Sutlership :: Sutler (n.) A person who follows an army, and sells to the troops provisions, liquors, and the like..
Baggage :: Baggage (n.) The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army..
Adelaster :: Adelaster (n.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus..
Dispurveyance :: Dispurveyance (n.) Want of provisions; /ack of food.
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.
Provisory :: Provisory (a.) Making temporary provision; provisional.
Provident :: Provident (a.) Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident of the future..
Provisioning :: Provisioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provisio.
Transport :: Transport (v.) A vessel employed for transporting, especially for carrying soldiers, warlike stores, or provisions, from one place to another, or to convey convicts to their destination; -- called also transport ship, transport vessel..
Viaticum :: Viaticum (n.) Provisions for a journey.
Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table..
Shifter :: Shifter (n.) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions..
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