Definition of Provisions

1. Noun. A stock or supply of foods.

Exact synonyms: Commissariat, Provender, Viands, Victuals
Generic synonyms: Food, Nutrient
Specialized synonyms: Food Cache, Larder

Definition of Provisions

1. Noun. (plural of provision) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of provision) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Provisions

1. provision [v] - See also: provision

Lexicographical Neighbors of Provisions

proviolent
proviral
provirus
proviruses
provision
provisional
provisional job
provisionality
provisionally
provisionals
provisionary
provisioned
provisioner
provisioners
provisioning
provisions (current term)
proviso
proviso quod
provisoes
provisor
provisorily
provisors
provisorship
provisorships
provisory
provisos
provisour
provitamin
provitamin A
provitamins

Literary usage of Provisions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1904)
"Texas, Constitutional provisions, etc. (Not for sale.) United States, Acts of congress relating to telegraph and telephone corporations. (Not for sale. ..."

2. The Journal of Educational Research by American Educational Research Association (1921)
"provisions FOR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN THE TEACHING OF READING1 WW THEISEN Director of Educational Measurements, State Department of Public Instruction, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In accordance with its provisions the Danes recovered all their former possessions, ... By its provisions China was not only compelled to pay an indemnity, ..."

4. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1921)
"Ordered, That the Clerk transmit said bill to the mayor of the city of New York for a hearing, pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution. ..."

5. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1853)
"That all the provisions of this act, and the act to which this is a ... AN ACT to extend the provisions of the act to authorize certain officers and other ..."

6. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William L. Hickey, United States (1847)
"And be it further enacted, That all the provisions of this act, ... AN ACT to extend the provisions of the act to authorize certain officers and other ..."

7. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1854)
"And be it further enacted, That ail the provisions of this act, and the act to which this is a supplement, shall apply as» well to the public acts, records, ..."

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