Provision vs. Supply
Provisionnoun
An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
Provisionnoun
The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
Provisionnoun
Money set aside for a future event.
Provisionnoun
(accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
Provisionnoun
(legal) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
Provisionnoun
(Roman Catholic) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
Provisionnoun
A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
Provisionverb
(transitive) To supply with provisions.
Provisionverb
To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system.
Provisionnoun
The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
Provisionnoun
That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.
Provisionnoun
Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; - often in the plural.
Provisionnoun
That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract; the statute has many provisions.
Provisionnoun
A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
Provisionnoun
A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
Provisionverb
To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.
Provisionnoun
a stipulated condition;
Provisionnoun
the activity of supplying or providing something
Provisionnoun
the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening;
Provisionnoun
a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)
Provisionverb
supply with provisions
Supplyverb
(transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
Supplyverb
(transitive) To furnish or equip with.
Supplyverb
(transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
Supplyverb
(transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
Supplyverb
(transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
Supplyverb
(intransitive) To act as a substitute.
Supplyverb
(transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
Supplynoun
(uncountable) The act of supplying.
Supplynoun
(countable) An amount of something supplied.
Supplynoun
(in the plural) provisions.
Supplynoun
An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
Supplynoun
Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
Supplyadverb
Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.
Supplyverb
To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; - often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition.
Supplyverb
To serve instead of; to take the place of.
Supplyverb
To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit.
Supplyverb
To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war.
Supplynoun
The act of supplying; supplial.
Supplynoun
That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want.
Supplynoun
Auxiliary troops or reënforcements.
Supplynoun
The food, and the like, which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of men; store; - used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was discontented for lack of supplies.
Supplynoun
An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies.
Supplynoun
A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit.
Supplyadjective
Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve.
Supplynoun
an amount of something available for use
Supplynoun
offering goods and services for sale
Supplynoun
the activity of supplying or providing something
Supplyverb
provide or furnish with;
Supplyverb
circulate or distribute or equip with;
Supplyverb
provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance;
Supplyverb
state or say further;
