provision
An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
Other meanings
The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
Money set aside for a future event.
Related words
- make provision for
- spendthrift provision
- sunrise provision
- sunset provision
- transitional provision
- reprovision
- alternative provision
- improvision
- overprovision
- preprovision
- provisionary
- provisioner
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "prōvīsiō" (preparation, foresight).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “provision” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.