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Synonyms for provisos

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pruh-vahy-zoh
Phonetic Transcription : prəˈvaɪ zoʊ

Top 10 synonyms for provisos
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Définition of provisos

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Medieval Latin proviso (quod) "provided (that)," phrase at the beginning of clauses in legal documents (mid-14c.), from Latin proviso "it being provided," ablative neuter of provisus, past participle of providere (see provide). Related: Provisory.
  • noun stipulation, condition of agreement
  • noun provision
  • noun stipulation
Example sentences :
  • Did the duke make any of these provisos when he gave you your regiment?
  • Extract from : « The Piccolomini » by Friedrich Schiller
  • Unfortunately, these provisos are very far from being fulfilled.
  • Extract from : « Boy Labour and Apprenticeship » by Reginald Arthur Bray
  • What touches the Art may require certain cautions and provisos.
  • Extract from : « A Letter Book » by George Saintsbury
  • There were, however, two provisos made, or as such we understood them.
  • Extract from : « When the World Shook » by H. Rider Haggard
  • If all these allowances and provisos are too many for him to make, it is probably useless for him to attempt the Noctes at all.
  • Extract from : « Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 » by George Saintsbury
  • I make three provisos only, none of which affect the force of my argument for immediate practical purposes.
  • Extract from : « The Economic Consequences of the Peace » by John Maynard Keynes
  • Provisos and warnings may be taken as having been made sufficiently: and we pass to the actual survey.
  • Extract from : « A Letter Book » by George Saintsbury
  • But none of these restrictions or provisos is requisite, or could for a moment be thought of, in reference to Charles Lamb.
  • Extract from : « A Letter Book » by George Saintsbury
  • These provisos admitted, in other things I may prove a tractable and complying husband.
  • Extract from : « The Way of the World » by William Congreve
  • The brutality of these two provisos brands its authors as barbarians.
  • Extract from : « The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 » by American Anti-Slavery Society
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