provision

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1. proviso, stipulation, condition, clause, term, specification, given; restriction, limitation, qualification, Inf. catch, Inf. string, Inf. small or fine print; reservation, exemption, exception; requisite, prerequisite, obligation.

2. supply, supplying, providing, accouterment, furnishing, furnishment; equipment, equipping, outfitting, fitting out, rigging up; giving, bestowal, endowment, donation, donating; purveyance, purveying, catering, victualing.

3. prearrangement, forearming, prior measures or steps, provident steps or measures; organization, arrangement; deliberation, predeliberation, calculation, premeditation, preconsideration; adjustment, adaptation.

4. wherewithal, means, resources, material, materials; equipment, equipage, matdriel; apparatus, gear, machinery.

5. stock, store, supply, quantity, fund, lot, Chiefly U.S. Dial. grist; reserve, reservoir; stockpile, collection, cache, hoard, amassment, accumulation; inventory, supply on hand; resources, wealth, savings, capital, nest egg; abundance, plenty, plenitude, cornucopia; treasure, mine, quarry, well; lode, bed, vein; heap, pile, mass, stack, load.

6. provisions

food, foodstuff, provender, edibles, eatables, victuals, Inf. vittles, comestibles, viands, board; staples, sustenance, subsistence, Fig. bread, Fig. daily bread, Fig. staff of life; forage, feed, fodder; supplies, stores, rations, groceries, larder, food supply.

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7. cater, purvey, victual, provender; feed, forage; board, sustain