proviso
/pɹəˈvaɪzoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A conditional provision to an agreement.
name
A township in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
Example Sentences
- "Now, with all these provisos in mind, what’s the best way to put spinach to work? All due respect to Popeye, a can may not be the tastiest way to introduce it to your table."
- "The biggest change in the governance of American horse racing was tucked into a 2020 federal spending bill. That proviso ultimately created the national Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, or HISA – a move that, after three previous legislative attempts, found support from federal lawmakers after a particularly deadly season at a California racetrack."
- "The writing has been on the wall that Americans’ support for mass deportation was subject to all kinds of caveats and provisos."