0 the act of providing something:
The provision of good public transport will be essential for developing the area.
Of course there's provision in the plan for population increase.
When designing buildings in this area, you have to make provision against earthquakes.
provisions for the journey
1 a statement within an agreement or a law that a particular thing must happen or be done, especially before another can happen or be done:
2 in a company's accounts (= financial records), an amount of money that is kept in case of a possible future loss:
3 to supply someone or something with food and other necessary things
4 something that is needed or wanted, or the act of considering the need for something and arranging for it:
[ U ] When designing buildings in California, you have to make some provision for earthquakes.
[ C ] Ample provisions for aircraft stability have been made.
[ pl ] Provisions had to be flown in by helicopter.
5 a statement in an agreement or a law that a particular thing must happen or be done:
Her contract contains a provision covering additional expenses.
6 in a company's accounts, an amount of money that is kept in case of a possible future loss or debt:
7 a part of a legal document that states that something must happen or be done:
Employees may be asked to go to a new and different place of work under the provisions of a mobility clause.
include/contain a provision Many contracts currently include a provision prohibiting supervisors from doing work done by union workers.
anti-fraud/registration provisions
8 the act of selling goods or services or making them available to be used:
The Group remains fully committed to the provision of mortgage finance to individuals.
service/pension/retirement provision
9 to make plans for dealing with something that will or may happen in the future:
If companies are to succeed in the long term, they must make provisions for coping with a diverse international marketplace.
10 to keep an amount of money available to be used in case of a possible future loss or debt:
The council's provision for the elderly is barely adequate .
Very few companies make childcare provision for working mothers.
The local press company may offer publications that cross-subsidize the provision of political information that supports the state.
The net result is reduced diversity in provision.
Whether changing the nature of that provision to a more personal and less business-like consultation will be what women users want remains to be seen.
Thus, informed speculation concerning the outcome of the equal antecedent-risk insurance mechanism would serve as the guideline for evaluating the justice of communal medical provision.
Its generous pension programme contrasts with a virtual absence of state interest in health or care provision for elders.
This intermediate set of outputs are highly uncertain and remote from the final outcome of efficiency of healthcare provision.
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供应, 提供, 供给…
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provisión, suministro, provisión [feminine…
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fornecimento, provisão…
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sağlama, temin etme, temin…
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approvisionnement [masculine], disposition [feminine], clause [feminine]…
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