Provision

(-vīzh'un), n. [Lat. provisio, Fr. & Sp. provision, Pr. provisio, It. provisione. See PROVIDE.]

1. The act of providing or making previous preparation.
2. That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation. “Making provision for the relief of strangers distressed.” Bacon.
3. Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored;—often in the plural;—sometimes, provender, or food for animals.

And of provisions laid in large, For man and beast. Milton.

4. That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract.
5. A temporary arrangement intended to give way to something permanent.
6. (Rom. Cath. Church.) A previous nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, by which practice the rightful patron was deprived of his presentation. Blackstone.