provision
noun
a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
have provisioned
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present perfectof provision.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Why should the calf have been killed, which would scarce give them a supper, and the cow spared, that would have provisioned the whole crew for a month?
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Mayne Reid
"But some of us have provisioned ourselves rather better and can generally weather it through till we are picked up," the lawyer put in.
From A Traveler from Altruria: Romance by William Dean Howells
