Provision

Definition: Provision

Provision

Noun

1. A stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision".

2. The activity of supplying or providing something.

3. The cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties".

Verb

1. Supply with provisions.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "provision" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Business

Finance

Meteorology & Standards

Post & Telecom

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Synonyms: Provision

Food

Food, pabulum; aliment, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance, sustentation, sustention; nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; commissariat; (provision); prey, forage, pasture, pasturage; fare, cheer; diet, dietary; regimen; belly timber, staff of life; bread, bread and cheese.

Means

Noun: means, resources, wherewithal, ways and means; capital; (money); revenue; stock in trade; provision; a shot in the locker; appliances; (machinery); means and appliances; conveniences; cards to play; expedients; (measures); two strings to one's bow; sheet anchor; (safety); aid; medium.

Plan

Noun: plan, scheme, design, project; proposal, proposition, suggestion; resolution, motion; precaution; (provision); deep-laid plan; (premeditated);

Preparation

Train; (teach); inure; (habituate); breed; prepare; for; rehearse; make provision for; take steps, take measures, take precautions; provide, provide against; beat up for recruits; open the door to; (facilitate).

Noun: preparation; providing; Verb: provision, providence; anticipation; (foresight); precaution,

Provision

Verb: provide; make provision, make due provision for; lay in, lay in a stock, lay in a store.

Noun: provision, supply; grist, grist for the mill; subvention; (aid); resources; (means); groceries, grocery.

Cater, victual, provision, purvey, forage; beat up for; stock, stock with; make good, replenish; fill, fill up; recruit, feed.

Qualification

Condition, proviso, prerequisite, contingency, stipulation, provision, specification, sine qua non; catch, string, strings attached; exemption; exception, escape clause, salvo, saving clause; discount; restriction; fine print.

Wealth

Provision, livelihood, maintenance; alimony, dowry; means, resources, substance; property; command of money.

Crosswords: Provision

French (fee, hoard, provision, provisions, retainer, stock, store, supply), German (commission, kickback), Swedish (commission, fee, poundage).

I leave no provision herein for my son Christopher or my daughter Christina, for reasons which are well known to them. (Mommie Dearest; writing credit: Christina Crawford; Robert Getchell)

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Books

• Baptism of the Holy Spirit/God's Provision of Power (reference)

• Conquering the Dragon Within: God's Provision for Assurance and Victory in the End Time (reference)

• Experiencing Reggio Emilia: Implications for Pre-School Provision (reference)

• Live A Praying Life: Open Your Life to God's Power and Provision (reference)

• Privatization: The Provision of Public Services by the Private Sector (reference)

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Periodicals

• Workers Compensation State Rankings Manufacturing Industry Rates And Statutory Benefit Provision (reference)

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Music

• Provision (reference)

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High Tech

• ISM PROVISION IPSM 1000PT-IP SVC MGR NIM CLT + LIC (reference)

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Consumer Goods

• ProVision 100 PV100 Flexible Fiberoptic Scope (reference)

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An Italian provision store, Naples, Italy. Credit: Library of Congress.

Provision store, Caracas, Venezuela. Credit: Library of Congress.

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The constitution of the legislative is the first and fundamental act of society, whereby provision is made for the continuation of their union, under the direction of persons, and bonds of laws, made by persons authorized thereunto, by the consent and appointment of the people, without which no one man, or number of men, amongst them, can have authority of making laws that shall be binding to the rest. (Second Treatise of Government)

If the solicitude of the convention, respecting our peace with foreign powers, induced a provision that the supreme court should take original jurisdiction in cases which might be supposed to affect them; yet the clause would have proceeded no further than to provide for such cases, if no further restriction on the powers of congress had been intended. (reference)

Thereupon the workers begin to form combinations (Trades Unions) against the bourgeois; they club together in order to keep up the rate of wages; they found permanent associations in order to make provision beforehand for these occasional revolts. (reference)

This provision will apply notwithstanding any proceedings or prosecution before a tribunal in Germany or in the territory of her allies. (reference)

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It seems that while Madame Magloire was out making provision for supper, she had heard the news in sundry places.

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Health

State law should require the provision of such services. (references)

The setting must provide access for provision of comprehensive services. (references)

We are pleased that there has been an enthusiastic response from industry to the incentives offered by this provision. (references)

Business

However, BTC is far behind in the provision of high-quality services. (references)

DHSV's current approach favors decentralization of service provision. (references)

It has a monopoly on the provision of all telecommunications services except cellular. (references)

Children

Japan

Although not generally subject to overt discrimination in employment, education, or in the provision of other state services, persons with disabilities face limited access to public transportation, "mainstream" public education, and other facilities. (references)

United Kingdom

The Education Act requires local education authorities to make provision for the special educational needs of children with disabilities. (references)

Belarus

There does not appear to be any difference in the treatment of girls and boys in the provision of either health care or education. (references)

Civil Liberties

Czech Republic

The Catholic Church also has criticized the legislation for a provision that would bar the church from using profits from church-owned enterprises for religious activity; which the Church argues could interfere with its ability to administer many church-owned hospitals and charities. (references)

Oman

The 1996 Basic Charter prohibits the extradition of political refugees; however, this provision has not yet been implemented. (references)

Fiji

The acts give the Minister of Information sole discretionary power to order a newspaper to publish a "correcting statement" if, in the Minister's view, a false or distorted article is published; however, this provision never has been used. (references)

Discrimination

United Kingdom

The 1998 Fair Employment and Treatment Order extended the prohibition on discrimination to the provision of goods, facilities, services, and premises. (references)

Kazakhstan

No one may be subjected to any discrimination for reasons of origin, social position, occupation, property status, sex, race, nationality, language, attitude to religion, convictions, place of residence, or any other circumstances;" however, the Government does not enforce this provision effectively on a consistent basis. (references)

Ireland

The 2000 Equal Status Act outlaws discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities, and services on the basis of these nine grounds. (references)

Economic History

Mauritius

In its FY 2001-02 (July-June) Budget, government has made provision for massive investment in education and training, Information and Communication Technology, infrastructure, environment, health, and low cost housing. (references)

Mauritius

For meat, provision must be made for halal (slaughtered according to Muslim rites) to cater to the Muslim community. (references)

Netherlands

This burden is eased by an existing provision that prior employment with the firm of at least two and a half years amounts to a presumption of unique qualifications for the job. (references)

Human Rights

Senegal

Legal experts considered this provision to be a legal instrument that the Government could use to jail political dissenters. (references)

Romania

Roma are disproportionately affected by this detention provision and often are viewed suspiciously by police. (references)

United Kingdom

Human rights groups and the U.N. Human Rights Committee have criticized this provision, which they consider an abrogation of the right against self-incrimination. (references)

Minorities

Poland

The firing followed the unsuccessful prosecution of Ratajczak in December 1999 for violating the law on the preservation of national remembrance, a provision of which criminalizes public denials of Nazi and Communist-era crimes. (references)

Kuwait

They have been disadvantaged in provision of mosques and in access to religious education. (references)

Australia

During the 2000-01 reporting year, HREOC received 267 cases, of which 30 percent involved employment; 24 percent involved provision of goods, services, and facilities; and 32 percent involved claims of "racial hatred." Non-English speakers filed 34 percent of the complaints and Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders filed 6 percent of the complaints. (references)

Political Economy

Eritrea

USAID allocated $ 9 million through the rural enterprise unit for provision of credit facilities to promote small-scale industrial and agricultural development in the deprived regions of the country. (references)

Fiji

However, despite a constitutional provision requiring that any party receiving more than 10 percent of the seats in Parliament be offered inclusion in Cabinet, Qarase formed a Government which excluded the Fiji Labor Party (FLP), led by deposed Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry. (references)

KUWAIT

Kuwait faces many structural problems in its budget: excessive dependence on oil revenue, growing government expenditures due to the need for continued high defense spending, growing social expenditures resulting from high levels of government employment, and provision of heavily subsidized social services and utilities. (references)

Political Rights

Jordan

The Islamic Action Front, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, continues to declare publicly that it will boycott new elections unless significant changes to the one-man, one-vote provision are made. (references)

Malaysia

Nationwide, the constitutional provision giving greater weight to rural constituencies greatly dilutes the voting power of urban residents. (references)

Mauritania

The elections were boycotted by a coalition of four opposition parties that had demanded enhanced media access, an opposition role in election preparation, creation of an independent electoral commission, enlargement of the commission charged with revision of the electoral list, and provision of official copies of the voting report from each polling station to representatives of each candidate. (references)

Trade

Argentina

Argentine Customs Law 22,415 provides a procedure whereby the importer may appeal to Argentine Customs, in the event that a customs provision has been incorrectly assessed (e.g., customs valuation, tariff classification, duties charged, etc.) The rebuttal should be addressed to the appropriate customs office and submitted in written form within ten days of occurrence. (references)

Nigeria

The Guidelines' key provision is that all goods imported into Nigeria must be accompanied by an IDR issued by the reshipment inspection agents. (references)

Japan

Assistance available includes low interest loans to encourage imports, assistance in finding Japanese business partners, market research, export study programs, and the provision of free temporary office space in six Japanese cities. (references)

Travel

Costa Rica

Supplemental medical insurance with specific overseas coverage, including provision for medical evacuation, has proven useful in many emergencies. (references)

Kenya

Please check with your own insurance company to confirm whether your policy applies overseas, including provision for medical evacuation, and for adequacy of coverage. (references)

Qatar

In recent years, the lease contract in some cases has included a provision for the Qatari landlord to meet the cost of basic maintenance. (references)

Women

Turkey

Observers and government officials noted that this provision has been very successful in some of the cities and rural areas of the country but less so in the more traditional southeast. (references)

Libya

Despite this legal provision, traditional attitudes and practices prevail, and discrimination against women persists and keeps them from attaining the family or civil rights formally provided them. (references)

Ghana

In February in response to a 1999 complaint filed against Ghana Airways by the Association of Flight Attendants-Ghana on behalf of a flight attendant, the CHRAJ ruled that Ghana Airways' provision that female flight attendants would be eligible for maternity leave only after completing 3 years of service amounted to sexual discrimination and must be deleted from the flight attendants' contracts. (references)

Worker Rights

Pakistan

The second provision is an attempt to weaken the power of the federations. (references)

Peru

However, worker rights advocates allege that, in practice, few employers respected this provision. (references)

Peru

The ILO has criticized specifically a provision that permits businesses to employ up to 30 percent of their workforce from workers between the ages of 16 to 25; workers in this age bracket are precluded from union membership and participation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Provision

Taking away provision

Expressions using "provision": Diminishing provision method ♦ including provision ♦ make a provision for smb. ♦ make provision ♦ make provision against ♦ make provision for ♦ open network provision conditions ♦ porcupine provision ♦ provision dealer ♦ provision for depreciation ♦ provision of false information by a provident institution ♦ provision room ♦ provision shop ♦ special provision ♦ testamentary provision ♦ transitory provision. Additional references.

Ending with "provision": over-provision, under-provision.

Albanian

pajisje (amenities, capital goods, device, equipage, equipment, facilities, fit out, fitment, fitting, fittings, fixing, fixings, gadget, mounting, rig, rigging, supply, tackle), përgatitje (arrangement, preparation, preparative, training), rezervë ushqimesh (provisions), masa (arrangement, proceedings), kusht (actualities, circumstance, circumstances, condition, price, proviso, reservation, reserve, salvo, specification, stipulation, term, thing), furnizim (feed, furnishing, providing, purveyance, supply), dispozitë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏مون (purvey), ‏مؤن (commissariat, provisions, ration, stock, store, subsistence, supplies, supply, viands, victuals), ‏مد بالمؤن, ‏نصوص, ‏توفير (economy, frugality, saving, thrift, thriftiness), ‏زود بالمؤن, ‏إحتياط (precaution, reservation), ‏شرط (condition, scarification, score, slash, slit, stipulation, string, term), ‏بند (article, clause, item, paragraph, purview, section). (various references)

Bulgarian 

уговорка (arrangement, limitation, modification, proviso, qualification, qualifier, reservation, reserve, salvo), снабдяване (delivery, equipment, finding, fit out, procuration, purveyance, supply), снабдявам с хранителни припаси, снабдявам с провизии (ration), клауза (article, clause), осигуряване (assurance, indemnification, insurance), обезпечаване (hedging, settlement), постановление (act, constitution, decree, measure, ordinance, prescript, rule, ruling), положение (aspect, capacity, circumstance, fettle, footing, juncture, lay, place, placement, plight, point, position, posture, set, set up, siege, situation, standing, state, train, way), доставяне (procuration, procurement, purveyance), доставка (delivery). (various references)

Chinese 

規定 (to fix, to formulate, to provide, to set, to stipulate), 供�" (GLUT, provisions, Supplied, supplies, supply, supplying). (various references)

Czech

ustanovení (assignation, constitution, establishment, institution), opatření (extremity, measure, move, precaution, procuration, remedy, step). (various references)

Danish

initialmarginindbetaling (deposit, initial margin, margin requirement), initialmargin (deposit, initial margin, margin requirement), depositum (bid bond, bid guarantee, Bid security, deposit, down payment, earnest money, guarantee deposit, initial margin, margin requirement, payment on account, pledge deposit, security, tender guarantee), bestemmelse (destiny, fate). (various references)

Dutch

provianderen (accommodate, provide, supply), voorziening (supply), margin (deposit, initial margin, margin requirement), bepaling (adjunct, clause, condition, definition, fixing, regulation, stipulation, terms), approvianderen. (various references)

Esperanto

provizumi. (various references)

Farsi 

مقررداشتن (Adjudge, Adjudicate, Assign, Award, Doom, Enjoin, Govern, Resolve), ماده (Abscess, Article, Clause, Material, Metal, Paragraph, Point, Res, Stuff, Substance, Woman), قوانین , تهیه (Preparation, Procurement, Purvey), توشه (Luggage, Outfit), تدارک (Preparation, Purvey), سورسات رساندن , شرطکردن , شرط (Article, Avow, Clause, Condition, Limitation, Proviso, Qualification, Reservation, Stake, Vow), بند (Article, Bond, Clamp, Clause, Dam, Dike, Fascia, Fit, Hinge, Internode, Joggle, Joint, Levee, Ligament, Ligature, Line, Link, Manacle, Noose, Paragraph, Proviso, Segment, Sling, Snare, Stanza, Tie, Trawl, Weir, Wristband). (various references)

Finnish

säännös (regulation), määräys (appointment, direction, instruction, order, prescription, regulation). (various references)

French

provision (provisions), disposition (predisposition). (various references)

German

vorsorge (forehandedness, forethought, precaution, Providence, thoughtfulness), bereitstellung (assemblies, forming up, preparation, supply). (various references)

Greek 

διάταξη (agenda, array, configuration, ordinance, set up). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחם (bread, grain, loaf, wheat), ת� אי מזון, ת� אי (condition, proviso, state, stipulation, term), פר� ס�" (bread, fare, keep, livelihood, living, maintenance, subsistence, support, upkeep), אספק�" (provisions, purveyance, supply), כלכל�" (economics, economy, keep, living, maintenance, supply), �"ספק�" (maintenance, supply). (various references)

Hungarian

ellátás (accommodations, alimentation, attendance, catering, electrification, fare, logistics, maintenance, providing, scaling, service, supply, sustenance, tending), tartalék (auxiliary, backup, cushion, emergency man, loose part, rear echelon, refill, reserve, spare, standby, store), szolgáltatás (furnishing, service, supply), intézkedés (action, arrangements, despatch, dispatch, dispose, disposition, measure, ordination, purview), eleség (feed, victualage, victuals). (various references)

Indonesian

ketentuan (certitude, clause, definition). (various references)

Italian

provvista (stock, store, supply, viand), preparativi (preparations), vettovagliare, scorta (convoy, escort, reservation, spare, stock, stockpile, supply), riserva (backup, fund, national park, Park, pool, preserve, qualification, reservation, reserve, sanctuary, stand by, stock, wilderness), rifornimento (accommodation, fueling, supply, supplying, watering), fornitura (delivery, equipment, furnishing, outfit, providing, supply, supplying), disposizione (addiction, appliance, arrangement, array, artifice, bent, buildup, disposal, disposition, humor, humour, inclination, instruction, lay, layout, liability, order, position, scheme, tendency), deposito di garanzia iniziale (deposit, initial margin, margin requirement), costruzione (build, building, construction, fabrication, manufacture), clausola (article, clause), approvvigionare (cater, stock, supply), approvvigionamento (supplying), apporto (contribution), accantonamento (accounting reserve, excess reserve, free reserve, special reserve, special reserve fund, unappropriated reserve). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

調�" (raising, supply), 設け (establishment, preparation), 準備 (arrangements, preparation, reserve), 条款 (article, clause, stipulation), 供給 (supply), 供与 (furnishing, giving), 定め (agreement, appointment, arrangement, decision, destiny, fate, karma, law, regulation, rule), 備付 (equipment), 備え付け (equipment), 備え (guarding, preparation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そなえつけ (equipment), そなえ (guarding, offering, preparation), きょうきゅう (delivering from sin, succor, supply), きょうよ (furnishing, giving), さ� め (agreement, appointment, arrangement, decision, destiny, fate, karma, law, regulation, rule), もうけ (earnings, establishment, preparation, profit), じゅ�"び (arrangements, exquisite, preparation, reserve, truly beautiful), じょうか�" (article, clause, emotion, feeling, joining one's warship, sensitivity, stipulation, superior officer, supernumerary official, volume one), ちょうたつ (facileness, fluency, raising, supply). (various references)

Korean 

지급 (Disbursement, provisions). (various references)

Manx

kiarail (circumspection, cogitate, cogitation, design, destine, determine, intend, intention, prepare; care, provide, purport, purpose, purvey, resolution, resolve, vigilance). (various references)

Pig Latin

ovisionpray

Portuguese

provisão (budget, food, fund, ration, reserve, reservoir, stock, store, supply), prover de mantimentos, preparação (benefication, brewing, confection, inurement, lead up, prep, preparation), suprir (eke out, feed, furnish, make up, provide, supplement, supply), suprimento (supply), mantimentos (provisions, viands, victuals), fornecimento (ministration, purveyance, store, supply), depósito de garantia (deposit, initial margin, margin requirement, pledge deposit), caução de garantia (deposit, initial margin, margin requirement, performance bond), aprovisionar (purvey, store), aprovisionamento (catering, victualling), abastecimento (fill, purveyance, refuelling, store, supplies, supply, victualling), abastecer (bunker, feed, fill up, fuel, provide, refuel, stock, store, supply, victual). (various references)

Romanian

prevedere (augury, care, discretion, forecast, foreknowledgement, foresight, forethought, precaution, prevision, Providence, prudence), pregãtire (efficiency, fix up, grounding, preparation, priming, savvy, training), furnizare (purveyance, supply), dispoziţie (arrangement, condition, disposal, disposition, fondness, humor, humour, inclination, injunction, mandate, mind, mood, nature, order, service, step, stipulation, temper, trim, tune), asigurare (assurance, ensuring, faith, indemnity, insurance, reassurance), aprovizionare (purveyance, supply), aproviziona (furnish, provide, provide for, recruit, stock, store, supply). (various references)

Russian 

обеспечение (securement), мера предосторожности (precaution, precautionary measures), заготовление, запас (arrearage, fund, grist, hoard, margin, reserve, stock, stockpile, store, store of, supply). (various references)

Scottish

ullachadh (preparation, preparing), teagar, tacar (plenty), lòn (food, lawn, marsh, meadow, morass, pool). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zaliha (backlog, hoard, reserve, stock, stockpile, store, supply), zakonska odredba, snabdevanje (supply), mera (gauge, measure, measurement, module, rate, step). (various references)

Spanish

provisión (hoard, purveyance, stock, store, supply), disposición (ability, accomplishment, aptitude, arrangement, capability, decree, deposition, disposal, disposition, fitness, gift, layout, order, ordinance, ready, setup, suitability, talent). (various references)

Swedish

tillförsel (feed, supply), proviant (provisions, victuals), matvaror (comestibles, eatables, edibles, viands, victuals), förråd (depot, fund, hoard, inventory, lockup, stock, stockpile, store, storehouse, utility room). (various references)

Turkish

yedek akçe (provisions), yargı (bar, deliverance, judgement, juridical, jurisdiction, justice, ruling, sentence, verdict), sağlamak (accommodate, accommodate smb. with, arm, assure, carry, cater, cater for, come in, derive, enlist, ensure, extract, fend for, find, fix, fix up, furnish, get out of, implement, keep, lay in, lay on, maintain, make, obtain, procure, provide, provide with, purvey, secure, suck, supply, yield), sağlama (accommodation, enlistment, obtainment, procuration, procuring, proof, providing, supply), koşul (circumstance, condition, proviso, requirement, state, stipulation, string, term), karşılamak (answer, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, fulfil, fulfill, greet, make amends, meet, provide, receive, recompense, recoup, redress, satisfy, supply, take, welcome), karşılık (answer, as against, bargain, consideration, counter, counterbalance, counterpart, counterweigh, equivalent, offset, payment, payoff, provisions, quid pro quo, quittance, reciprocation, recompense, remuneration, repayment, reply, requital, response, return, reward, riposte, wages), kanun hükmü, hazırlık (arrangement, preparation, preparative, preparatory, Providence, stand by), hüküm (adjudication, assize, authority, award, conclusion, decision, deliverance, dicta, dictum, doom, estimate, fiat, judgement, operation, predication, proviso, rule, ruling, sentence, statute, verdict), önlem (clampdown, countermeasure, diligence, expedient, foresight, forethought, hedge, maneuver, manoeuvre, measure, policy, precaution, prevention, preventive, protection, sparingness, step). (various references)

Ukrainian

застереження (admonishment, admonition, caution, caveat, clause, condition, document, lesson, notification, qualification, reservation, restriction, salvo, warning), заготівля (curing), забезпечення (implementation, securement), запасання (hoarding), постачати продовольство (purvey, ration, victual), постачання (allowance, procurement, purveyance, supply), положення (lay, position, thesis). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thực phẩm dự trữ, sự trữ sẵn đ�" dự phòng, sự dự phòng. (various references)

Welsh

darpariaeth (preparation), darpar (elect, intended, preparation), darbod (prepare, provide), cyfarpar (diet, equipment), arlwy (feast, preparation). (various references)

�uku. (various references)

conparatio, conparatione, conparationibus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "provision": provisional, provisionally, provisionals, provisionary, provisioned, provisioner, provisioners, provisioning, provisions. (additional references)

Words ending with "provision": reprovision. (additional references)

Words containing "provision": reprovisioned, reprovisioning, reprovisions. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Provision" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: poision, prosimian, provarian, provisio, provisioin, provison, provosion. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: proviso, virions.

-3 letters: orison, orpins, poison, pooris, pornos, prions, prison, spinor, virion, vision.

-4 letters: irons, noirs, noris, opsin, ornis, orpin, pions, pirns, poons, poori, porno, porns, prion, proso, rosin, snoop, sopor, spoon, spoor, vinos, visor.

-5 letters: inro, ions, iris, iron, nips, nisi, noir, nori, oops, pins, pion, pirn, piso, pois, pons, poon, poor, porn.

+1 letter: provisions.

+2 letters: provisional, provisioned, provisioner, reprovision.

+3 letters: provisionals, provisionary, provisioners, provisioning, reprovisions.

+4 letters: improvisation, overpromising, provisionally, reprovisioned, vaporizations.

+5 letters: contrapositive, improvisations, preconvictions, reprovisioning.