provision
/pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
British usage; Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[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."
- "Fiue dayes we do allot thee for prouision, To shield thee from disasters of the world,"
- "And as congressional Republicans were passing a very unpopular Trump agenda bill last month, Vice President JD Vance argued that its historic expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and new immigration enforcement provisions were so important that “everything else” was “immaterial.”"
- "We increased our provision for bad debts on credit sales going into the recession."
Etymology
From Middle English provisioun, from Old French provisïon, from Latin prōvīsiō (“preparation, foresight”), from prōvidēre (“provide”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *per-, provisioun, provision, prōvīsiō
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- British usage
- Transitive verb