proviso
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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
Noun
proviso (plural provisos or provisoes)
- A conditional provision to an agreement.
Related terms
Translations
conditional provision to an agreement
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Further reading
- “proviso”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “proviso”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin
Participle
prōvīsō
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.