单词 | provision |
释义 | provision (prəvɪʒən ) Word forms: provisions 1. uncountable noun The provision of something is the act of giving it or making it available to people who need or want it. The department is responsible for the provision of residential care services. [+ of] ...nursery provision for children with special needs. 2. variable noun If you make provision for something that might happen or that might need to be done, you make arrangements to deal with it. Mr King asked if it had ever occurred to her to make provision for her own pension. [+ for] There is no provision for funding performance-related pay rises. Synonyms: arrangement, plan, planning, preparation 3. uncountable noun If you make provision for someone, you support them financially and make sure that they have the things that they need. Special provision should be made for children. [+ for] There are very generous provisions for the mother. Synonyms: facilities, services, funds, resources 4. countable noun A provision in a law or an agreement is an arrangement which is included in it. There was a provision in his contract that would return him two-thirds of his deposit. The bill's provision for the sale and purchase of land faces stiff opposition. 5. plural noun Provisions are supplies of food. [old-fashioned] On board were enough provisions for two weeks. Collocations: provision of housing Beyond the human cost, however, ineffective commissioning and provision of housing support costs the public purse. Times, Sunday Times She was opposed to municipal provision of housing, believing it to be bureaucratic and impersonal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It became involved in campaigns over the provision of housing and social services during the sixties. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These included the provision of housing, capacity for efficient transport, and the demand for public open spaces. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He became an advocate of the rights of tenants to purchase their properties and of the provision of housing for the working classes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The provision requires broker reporting to be consistent with amounts reported on uncorrected returns which are eligible for the safe harbor. Christianity Today Pension provision requires a long-term perspective. Times, Sunday Times Adequate provision requires all-weather surfaces, floodlighting for winter after-school activities, proper fencing where public rights of way clash with childprotection considerations, and so forth. Times, Sunday Times Interpretation of this section has found that this provision requires that all statutes and delegated legislation be in both languages and be of equal force. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The provision requires non-union employees to pay a fair share fee to cover the costs of the union's collective bargaining activities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That meaning was best achieved by reading the relevant provisions of the treaties directly. Times, Sunday Times If the effect of the relevant provisions taken as a whole was to produce a different order of priorities than prescribed by insolvency law, they had to be void. Times, Sunday Times The completion certificate said that 'after taking all reasonable steps, the building work carried out complied with the relevant provisions'. Times, Sunday Times In preparation, students participate in client conference calls, draft relevant provisions and mark up opposing provisions. Times, Sunday Times Accordingly, the reasonable practicability test which permeated the relevant provisions was not confined to physical or technical considerations. Times, Sunday Times The default service provision was that set out in regulation 3(3)(b)(i) which had the character of personal service upon an authorised officer. Times, Sunday Times Partly because customers like you are so exasperated with uneven service provision? Times, Sunday Times The new advisers will help customers with billing, service provision and customer support. The Sun Lower grants translate to poorer service provision, with cuts to all areas from rubbish collections to mealson-wheels. Times, Sunday Times Those concerned with redistribution would also be harsh to fault much of what happened with public service provision. Times, Sunday Times Special provision will be made in the event of goalkeeping crises. Times, Sunday Times Others make special provision for those with particular educational needs. Times, Sunday Times This special provision expires after the year 2000. Christianity Today Special provision must be made for them, but the broad outlines of the reforms are sound. Times, Sunday Times Education law even had to be tweaked to allow the university to offer it to all schools, with a special provision written into a 2005 act. Times, Sunday Times No specific provision was made for historic or cold cases. Times, Sunday Times Apart from any specific provision in the lease that says as much, this will be a trespass. Times, Sunday Times Finally, there was specific provision relating to living accommodation. Times, Sunday Times Only a few require specific provision; more frequently, they try to integrate with the college. Times, Sunday Times Written tenancy agreements almost always include a specific provision that the landlord will not interfere with the 'quiet enjoyment' of the property by the tenant. Times, Sunday Times Provided there was no statutory provision to the contrary, the facts were dictated by common sense. Times, Sunday Times By section 4 our senior courts can, as they did in this case, issue a 'declaration of incompatibility' in respect of a statutory provision. Times, Sunday Times Neither statutory provision allows a leaseholder to withhold payment until after the accounts are checked. Times, Sunday Times It would be desirable for parliament to clarify the law by express statutory provision. Times, Sunday Times The central question in the appeals was whether the conditions attached to the shares fell within the scope of the statutory provision conferring the exemption. Times, Sunday Times Your officials should cite the relevant treaty provisions, and important court cases, and list the many directives and regulations in each chapter of the review. Times, Sunday Times Despite worldwide condemnation and the existence of treaty provisions that forbid it, some countries still use it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Generally, reservations not only modify treaty provisions for the reserving party, but also symmetrically modify the provisions for previously ratifying parties in dealing with the reserving party. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Counsel's pattern of conduct conclusively establishes that she did not mistakenly violate a provision of law. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In reviewing the validity of state laws, the courts are limited to determining whether the law violates any provision of the constitution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Buyers may sue a seller who violates this provision for an amount equal to three times all charges made for the title insurance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It would also violate the provisions of the joint declaration of 1953. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Multilateral treaties often carried more weight with individual states because there were provisions for joint action on the prt of the other signatories against any state which violated the provisions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Freeloading on the welfare state, jumping housing queues and mopping up health and welfare provision for which they have paid no tax. The Sun Impressive social welfare provision was provided by a militarist state headed by a monarch that displayed absolutist tendencies. Times, Sunday Times It maintained an absurdly generous retirement age and expansive welfare provision while failing to collect taxes. Times, Sunday Times He advocated a new model of welfare provision based on a contributory-based system of national insurance. The Sun On the domestic front neocons discussed the sort of welfare provision that could survive in such an inhospitable climate. 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