n. 1 providing, supplying, furnishing; catering, victualling, provisioning, purveyance, purveying, furnishing, equipping, fitting out, outfitting, accoutrement, equipment The school is responsible for the provision of textbooks The provision of a cruise ship of that size requires days. 2 stipulation, proviso, condition, restriction, qualification, clause, term, exception, demand, requirement, prerequisite, Colloq catch, string, US hooker This provision of the contract calls for a penalty for each day's delay beyond the guaranteed completion date 3 preparation, prearrangement, arrangement, measures, steps They had failed to make provision for so many customers and soon ran out of food 4 Usually, provisions. supplies, stores, stockpile, stock(s), quantity; food, foodstuffs, eatables, edibles, drinkables, potables, victuals, viands, comestibles, rations, groceries, provender, staples We had enough provisions to last a year
v. 5 stockpile, stock, supply, victual, cater, purvey They provisioned the expedition for a three-month period