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provision

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预备,准备,粮食,食物,供应,规定供给…食物及必需品

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Provision \Pro*vi"sion\, n. [L. provisio: cf. F. provision. See
   {Provide}.]
   1. The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
      --Shak.

   2. That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought
      together or arranged in advance; measures taken
      beforehand; preparation.

            Making provision for the relief of strangers.
                                                  --Bacon.

   3. Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables
      collected or stored; -- often in the plural.

            And of provisions laid in large, For man and beast.
                                                  --Milton.

   4. That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a
      previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a
      contract; the statute has many provisions.

   5. (R. C. Ch.) A canonical term for regular induction into a
      benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and
      installation.

   6. (Eng. Hist.) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before
      it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of
      presentation. --Blackstone.

Provision \Pro*vi"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provisioned}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Provisioning}.]
   To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.

         They were provisioned for a journey.     --Palfrey.

资料来源 : WordNet®

provision
     n 1: a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one
          provision" [syn: {proviso}]
     2: the activity of supplying or providing something [syn: {supply},
         {supplying}]
     3: the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in
        the event of something happening; "his planning for
        retirement was hindered by several uncertainties" [syn: {planning},
         {preparation}]
     4: a store or supply of something (especially of food or
        clothing or arms)

provision
     v : supply with provisions [syn: {purvey}]
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