provision
/pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/ noun B2- An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
- The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
- Money set aside for a future event.
- A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions. · We increased our provision for bad debts on credit sales going into the recession.
- A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso. · An arrest shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
- Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
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Take it; buy some provisions; be happy, and tomorrow we shall have more.”
And thus they both, along with their families, perished from hunger, and afforded ample provision for the Cat and her kittens.
Roylott entirely while we resided with him, with a provision that a certain annual sum should be allowed to each of us in the event of our marriage.
Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object: it was the only honourable provision for well-educated young women of small fortune, and, however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want.
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