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  • 41provision — An amount set aside out of profits in the accounts of an organization for a known liability (even though the specific amount might not be known) or for the diminution in value of an asset. Common examples include provisions for bad debts, for… …

    Big dictionary of business and management

  • 42provision — 1. A liability arising from the accounting treatment of *accrued expenses. A provision is shown as either a *short term or *long term liability in a *balance sheet, depending on the nature of the underlying circumstances that give rise to the… …

    Auditor's dictionary

  • 43provision — provisioner, n. provisionless, adj. /preuh vizh euhn/, n. 1. a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso. 2. the providing or supplying of something, esp. of food or other necessities. 3.… …

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  • 44Provision — A legal clause or condition contained within a contract that requires or prevents either one or both parties to perform a particular requirement by some specified time. Specified requirements can include, but are not limited to, sunset, soft call …

    Investment dictionary

  • 45for keeps — adverb for the winner to keep all (Freq. 1) they played for keeps * * * (informal) FOREVER, for ever and ever, for evermore, for always, for good (and all), permanently, in perpetuity; inform …

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  • 46for keeps — phrasal 1. a. with the provision that one keep what one has won < played marbles for keeps > b. with deadly seriousness 2. for an indefinitely long time ; permanently 3. with the result of ending the matter …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 47Provision made for the collection of weekly alms for the support of the Chapel of Our Lady near Guildhall founded pur tote la compaignie du Pui (ib.). —    Henry le Waleis gave to the Confraternity of the Pui (de Podio) 5 marks annual quit rent on all his tenements in London for maintenance of a chaplain to celebrate divine service in the new chapel at the Guildhall (Cal. L. Bk. E. pp. 1 and 2).&#8230; …

    Dictionary of London

  • 48provision — /prəˈvɪʒən / (say pruh vizhuhn) noun 1. a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso. 2. the providing or supplying of something, as of food or other necessities. 3. arrangement or&#8230; …

  • 49provision — pro•vi•sion [[t]prəˈvɪʒ ən[/t]] n. 1) the act of providing or supplying 2) something provided or supplied 3) an arrangement or preparation made beforehand, as to meet needs 4) a clause in a law, legal instrument, etc., providing for something;&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50provision — pro|vi|sion sb., en, er, erne (betaling for at medvirke ved en handel), i sms. provisions , fx provisionslønnet …

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