provision

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

I

n. preparation; proviso, condition; (pl.) stores, supplies.

See qualification, store.

II

Supplying with goods

Nouns

1. provision, purveyance, replenishment, reinforcement; subsidy, grant; stock, store; means; equipment, furnishings, accoutrements, appurtenances, outfit, apparatus, gear, trappings; rig, tackle; matériel (see arms); grist [to the mill], food, feed, fare, victuals, eatables, viands, nourishment, nutrition, provender.

2. preparation, planning, arrangement, precaution, provident care.

3. provider, caterer, purveyor, supplier, commissary, commissariat, quartermaster, feeder, batman, victualer, grocer, merchant, steward, manciple, purser, innkeeper, restaurateur, sutler; breadwinner.

Verbs

1. provide, furnish, afford, supply, equip, fit out or up, gear, accouter; serve; arm; provision, victual, provender, cater, purvey, forage, feed, recruit, find; stock, lay in, come up with; make good, replenish, fill (up); outsource.

2. make provision for, take measures for, prepare or plan for; store, have in store, have in reserve; keep [handy or at hand]; have to fall back on, save for a rainy day.

3. provide for, make or earn a living, support, board; make one's way, make ends meet; manage. Slang, heel.

Adjectives — provided, prepared; well-stocked, -equipped, etc. Slang, well-heeled.

Phrases — take the goods the gods provide.

Antonyms, see waste, refusal.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Arrangement]

Syn. preparation, outline, procurement; see plan 2 .

2. [Supplies; usually plural ]

Syn. stock, store, emergency; see equipment , reserve 1 .

3. [A proviso]

Syn. stipulation, prerequisite, terms; see requirement 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. supply furnishing, accoutrement, outfitting, providing, giving, stock, stores, food.

2. preparation prearrange-ment, readiness, forearming.

3. proviso clause, stipulation, specification, term, requirement, restriction, obligation, *fine print.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A plan made in preparation for an undertaking. Often used in plural: arrangement (often used in plural), preparation (often used in plural). See PLANNED. 2. Something fit to be eaten. Used in plural: aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, sustenance, victual. Slang: chow, eats, grub. See INGESTION. 3. A restricting or modifying element: condition, proviso, qualification, reservation, specification, stipulation, term (often used in plural). Informal: string (often used in plural). See LIMITED.