<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.</li><li>the providing or supplying of something, especially of food or other necessities.</li><li>arrangement or preparation beforehand, as for the doing of something, the meeting of needs, the supplying of means, etc.</li><li>something provided; a measure or other means for meeting a need.</li><li>a supply or stock of something provided.</li><li>provisions, supplies of food.</li><li>Ecclesiastical: an appointment to an ecclesiastical office.</li><li>appointment by the pope to a see or benefice not yet vacant.</li></ul>