proviso

See also: Proviso

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin proviso (it being provided), ablative singular neuter of provisus, past participle of providere (to provide); see provide.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɹəˈvaɪzoʊ/
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Noun

proviso (plural provisos or provisoes)

  1. A conditional provision to an agreement.

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Latin

Participle

prōvīsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of prōvīsus

References

  • proviso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • proviso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • proviso in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • proviso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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