noun
- a providing, preparing, or supplying of something
- something provided, prepared, or supplied for the future
- a stock of food and other supplies assembled for future needs
- a preparatory arrangement or measure taken in advance for meeting some future need
- a clause, as in a legal document, agreement, etc., stipulating or requiring some specific thing; proviso; condition
- Eccles. appointment to an office; esp., advance appointment by the pope to a see or benefice that is not yet vacant
Origin:
ME provysion < MFr provision < L provisio, a foreseeing < provisus, pp. of providere: see provide
transitive verb
to supply with provisions, esp. with a stock of food