provision /prə-vizhˈən/

1. The act of providing
2. Something that is provided or prepared
3. Measures taken beforehand
4. A clause in a law or a deed
5. A stipulation
6. A rule for guidance
7. An appointment by the Pope to a benefice not yet vacant
8. Preparation
9. Previous agreement
10. A store or stock
11. (usu in pl) a store of food
12. (in pl) food

To supply with provisions or food

proviˈsional adjective

1. Provided for the occasion
2. To meet necessity
3. (of eg an arrangement) adopted on the understanding that it may be changed later
4. Containing a provision
5. (with cap) relating to the Provisional IRA (Irish Republican Army), the militant group which in 1969 split from the main body of the IRA (which was thereafter known as the Official IRA)

A member of the Provisional IRA (informal shortening Prōˈvō)

proviˈsionally adverb

proviˈsionary adjective (rare)

Provisional

provisional judgement noun

A judgement given as far as the available evidence admits, but subject to correction when more light is shed on the matter

provisional order noun

An order granted by a secretary of state, which, when confirmed by the legislature, has the force of an act of parliament

provisional remedy noun

A means of detaining in safety a person or property until a decision is made on some point in which they are concerned

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