provision
Supply in advance
Provision is the verbal noun of provide.
It can mean the act of providing (a program for the provision of clothing to the homeless) or something that is provided for a purpose, such as food: We do not have enough provisions for a week of camping.
A provision can offset a potential liability: There’s a provision in the contract for the death of any of the parties.
If you make provision for something, you prepare for it with the expectation that it could happen: The plans make provision for the later addition of air conditioning to the building.
Provision in agreement
- conditionState or stipulation
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- termFixed period or word
- covenantBinding formal pledge
prerequisite · qualification · contingency · limitation · restriction · specification · obligation · mandate
Consumable nourishment source
- mealOccasion for nourishment
- victualsFood and drink
- fareTransport payment
- rationsControlled food portions
groceries · edibles · nourishment · sustenance · bread · grub · comestibles · viands
Accumulated reserve supply
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- resourcesAvailable assets or supplies
- goodsThings for sale
- materialsRaw stuff for creation
commodities · rations · stores · reserves · merchandise · wares · replenishment · procurement
Unauthorized claiming or allocation
- grantBestow or award money
- allocationDistribution of shares
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
subsidy · endowment · allotment · apportionment · earmarking · stipend · subvention · disbursement
Support given freely
- assistanceSupport or aid given
- reliefEasing of distress
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- careAttentive regard for others
backing · sponsorship · patronage · charity · donations · benefactor · philanthropy · grants
clause
Provision in agreement
- conditionState or stipulation
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- termFixed period or word
covenant · prerequisite · qualification · contingency · limitation · restriction · specification · obligation · mandate · constraint
food
Consumable nourishment source
rations · groceries · edibles · nourishment · sustenance · bread · grub · comestibles · viands · foodstuffs
stockpile
Accumulated reserve supply
materials · commodities · rations · stores · reserves · merchandise · wares · replenishment · procurement · wholesale
outfit
Set of clothes worn together
stock · arm · kit · prepare · fit out · rig · gear · accouter · issue · endow
appropriation
Unauthorized claiming or allocation
- grantBestow or award money
- allocationDistribution of shares
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
allowance · subsidy · endowment · allotment · apportionment · earmarking · stipend · subvention · disbursement · outlay
aid
Support given freely
- assistanceSupport or aid given
- reliefEasing of distress
- welfareComfort and prosperity
care · backing · sponsorship · patronage · charity · donations · benefactor · philanthropy · grants · solidarity
- ruleslaw, rule, guideline, bylaw, standard
- leewaywiggle room, latitude, slack, margin, play
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- legalesehereby, herein, hereinafter, hereof, hereto
- ExodusMoses, burning bush, ten commandments, Red Sea, ten plagues
- regulationsrules, rule, regulations, regulation, law
provisiondeprivation
State of lacking necessities
removal · lack · deficiency · taking · withdrawal
provisionneglect
Failure to provide care
unpreparedness · improvidence · oversight · shortsightedness · carelessness
provisionpoison
Harmful ingested substance
toxin · venom · bane · starvation · deprivation
- provisional licenseRestricted beginner driver credential
- provisional ballotVote requiring later verification
- emergency provisionsSupplies for sudden crises
- provisional governmentTemporary authority pending transition
- army provisionsFood for military forces
- financial provisionMoney designated for purpose
provisions, provisional, improvising, provisionally, provisioned, provisioning, reprovisioned