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provision

noun
/pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/

Etymology

From Middle English provisioun, from Old French provisïon, from Latin prōvīsiō (“preparation, foresight”), from prōvidēre (“provide”).

  1. derived from prōvīsiō — “preparation, foresight”
  2. derived from provision
  3. inherited from provisioun

Definitions

  1. An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.

    • [H]e hath preſerued all points of Humanity, in taking Order, and making Proviſion for the Releefe of Strangers diſtreſſed; whereof you have taſted.
    • [Noah] Began to build a Veſſel of huge bulk, / Meaſur'd by Cubit, length, and breadth, and highth, / Smeared round with Pitch, and in the ſide a dore, / Contriv'd, and of proviſions laid in large / For Man and Beaſt: [...]
    • We have an infirm ſhip's company, and but five months proviſion, which muſt ſerve us to China unleſs we get a ſupply at Guam.

  2. The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

    • Fiue dayes we do allot thee for prouision, To shield thee from disasters of the world,

  3. Money set aside for a future event.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with…

      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.

    2. A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter

      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.
      • Almost half of MEPs wanted to remove the new provisions' to expand the use of megatrucks but an amendment to do that failed to pass by just six votes.

    3. Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.

    4. A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of…

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

      • a papal provision

    5. To supply with provisions.

      • to provision an army
      • We had soon touched land in the same place as before and set to provision the blockhouse. All three made the first journey, heavily laden, and tossed our stores over the palisade.
      • An emancipated slave must be provisioned by the master.

    6. To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system

      To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system; to install the necessary software on a bare-bones system so it can be used for a specific purpose.

      • A solution is to provision new systems on a private network where they can receive updates, patches, and secure configurations from an internal repository before being placed into a production network.

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Derived

alternative provision, improvision, make provision for, overprovision, preprovision, provisionary, provisioner, provisionless, provisionment, reprovision, spendthrift provision, sunrise provision, sunset provision, transitional provision, underprovision, unprovision, unprovisioned

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at provision. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at provision. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at provision

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA