| Main Entry: | provision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supplies, supplying |
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accouterment, arrangement, catering, emergency, equipping, fitting out, foundation, furnishing, groundwork, outline, plan, prearrangement, precaution, preparation, procurement, providing, stock, store, supplying |
Antonyms: |
removal, taking |
| Main Entry: | provision/proviso |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stipulation, condition of agreement |
Synonyms: |
Catch-22, agreement, catch*, clause, demand, fine print, joker*, kicker, limitation, prerequisite, qualification, requirement, reservation, restriction, rider, small print, specification, stipulation, strings, term, terms |
| Main Entry: | provisions |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supplies |
Synonyms: |
board, chow, fare, feed, fodder, food, forage, groceries, provender, rations, stores, viands, victuals |
| Concept: | Provision. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; actual subservience |
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-nouns
provision, supply; grist, grist for the mill; subvention (aid); resources (means); groceries, grocery., providing; purveyance; reenforcement; commissariat., provender (food); ensilage; viaticum., caterer, purveyor, commissary, quartermaster, manciple, feeder, batman, victualer, grocer, comprador, restaurateur; jackal, pelican; sutler (merchant)., grocery shop [U.S.], grocery store, market.
-verbs
provide; make provision, make due provision for; lay in, lay in a stock, lay in a store., supply, suppeditate; furnish; find, find one in; arm., cater, victual, provision, purvey, forage; beat up for; stock, stock with; make good, replenish; fill, fill up; recruit, feed., have in store, have in reserve; keep, keep by one, keep on foot, keep on hand; have to fall back upon; store; provide against a rainy day (economy).
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| Main Entry: | administration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management of an organization or effort |
Synonyms: |
administering, agency, application, authority, charge, command, conduct, conducting, control, directing, direction, dispensation, disposition, distribution, enforcement, execution, governing, government, guidance, handling, jurisdiction, legislation, order, organization, overseeing, oversight, performance, policy, power, provision, regulation, rule, running, strategy, superintendence, supervision, surveillance |
| Main Entry: | alimony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money paid in support of a former spouse |
Synonyms: |
keep, livelihood, living, maintenance, provision, remittance, subsistence, sustenance, upkeep |
| Main Entry: | apparatus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equipment with a purpose |
Synonyms: |
accoutrement, appliance, black box, contraption, device, dingbat, doodad, doohickey, furnishings, gaff, gear, gimcrack, gimmick, gizmo, grabber, habiliments, idiot box, implement, jigger, job*, machine, machinery, means, mechanism, outfit, paraphernalia, provisions, setup, stuff, supplies, tackle, thingamajig, tools, utensils, whatchamacallit, whatsis, whosis, widget |
| Main Entry: | appropriation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allocation, setting aside |
Synonyms: |
allotment, allowance, apportionment, assignment, budgeting, concession, donation, earmarking, endowing, funding, giving, grant, provision, setting apart, sponsoring, stipend, stipulation, subsidy |
Antonyms: |
keeping, refusal, rejection |
| Main Entry: | arrangement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an understanding |
Synonyms: |
adjustment, agreement, compact, compromise, deal, frame-up, game plan, layout*, organization, package deal, package*, plan, preparation, provision, schedule, settlement, setup, terms |
| Main Entry: | article |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section of document |
Synonyms: |
branch, chapter, clause, detail, division, element, head, heading, item, matter, paragraph, part, passage, piece, point, portion, provision |