What does provisions mean?
Definitions for provisions
pro·vi·sions
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Princeton's WordNet
commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, victuals(noun)
a stock or supply of foods
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
provisions
All sorts of food necessary for the subsistence of the army and navy. Those shipped on board for the officers and crew of any vessel, including merchant-ships, are held in a policy of insurance, as part of her outfit.
provisions
Going to the enemy's ports, subject only to pre-emption, a right of purchase upon reasonable terms, but previously liable to confiscation (Robinson). Commeatus, in admiralty law, is a general term, signifying drink as well as eatables.
Editors Contribution
provisions
Plural noun of the word provision.
The family picked up some provisions on route to the caravan for the weekend.
Submitted by MaryC on April 25, 2016
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'provisions' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2430
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'provisions' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4762
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of provisions in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of provisions in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of provisions in a Sentence
Where there are provisions that would allow us to cancel this convention, we will exercise those provisions, the plan is to exercise those provisions, to cancel this agreement, this contract, today, to not go forward with this convention.
The 1994 crime bill's mandatory minimums and 'truth-in-sentencing' provisions that require offenders to serve the vast majority of their sentences have not proven effective.
It must be positive, it must be practical and it must make them and their children safer from abuse. What is promised on paper must be fully resourced to be effective in protecting those affected by domestic violence. We are concerned that an already over-stretched system will see an increase in demand when the new provisions commence, women must feel change quickly.
Even Hong Kong -RSB- lawyers are unable to provide clear advice or guidelines on what would amount to an offense — the provisions are so broadly crafted that Hong Kong lawyers are capable of capturing even benign conduct such as slogans, censorship is coming.
National Bank analyst Peter Routledge:
We expected that across the sector, what we saw in terms of new provisions for loan losses in the oil and gas portfolio were pretty consistent with that.
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- määräyksetFinnish
- KetentuanIndonesian
- הפרשותHebrew
- ассигнованияRussian
- 規定Chinese
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