Definition of "provision" []

• The act of supplying or fitting out. (noun)
• Something provided. (noun)
• A preparatory action or measure. (noun)
• A stock of necessary supplies, especially food. (noun)
• A stipulation or qualification, especially a clause in a document or agreement. (noun)

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• "After Democrats agreed to drop the public option and the Medicare buy-in provision from the Senate health care bill in December, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) took to the Senate floor to “declare” his support for the legislation."
• "The source of authority for the provision is the combined effect of the General Welfare Clause and the Sixteenth Amendment."
• "It seems to me that you would also agree that this provision is absurd."