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

Marketable :: Marketable (a.) Fit to be offered for sale in a market; such as may be justly and lawfully sold; as, dacaye/ provisions are not marketable..

Some :: Some (a.) A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions..

Assize :: Assize (n.) A statute or ordinance in general. Specifically: (1) A statute regulating the weight, measure, and proportions of ingredients and the price of articles sold in the market; as, the assize of bread and other provisions; (2) A statute fixing the standard of weights and measures..

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..

Forage :: Forage (v. t.) To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds..

Victualing :: Victualing (a.) Of or pertaining to victuals, or provisions; supplying provisions; as, a victualing ship..

Provender :: Provender (n.) Food or provisions.

Purveyor :: Purveyor (n.) One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer..

Provision :: Provision (n.) Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; -- often in the plural..

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..

Excess :: Excess (n.) The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light..

Warison :: Warison (v. t.) Preparation; protection; provision; supply.

Gaol :: Gaol (n.) A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail..

Mess :: Mess (n.) A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; as, a mess of pottage; also, the food given to a beast at one time..

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

Stowage :: Stowage (n.) The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of provisions in a vessel..

Allowance :: Allowance (n.) That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short..

Provisor :: Provisor (n.) One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5..

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..

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