noun

• (accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
  "We increased our provision for bad debts on credit sales going into the recession."
• (law) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  "An arrest shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Act."
• (Roman Catholicism) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
• (British, historical) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
  "a papal provision"

verb

• (transitive) To supply with provisions.
  "to provision an army"
• (transitive, computing) To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system; to install the necessary software on a bare-bones system so it can be used for a specific purpose.
  "A solution is to provision new systems on a private network where they can receive updates, patches, and secure configurations from an internal repository before being placed into a production network."