Dictionary

proviso en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɹəˈvaɪzoʊ/
• (Southern-England) audio
• (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A conditional provision to an agreement.
   • Now, with all these provisos in mind, what’s the best way to put spinach to work? All due respect to Popeye, a can may not be the tastiest way to introduce it to your table. 2021 July 1, Gregory McNamee, “Does spinach make you strong? Ask Popeye – and science”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2025:
   • The biggest change in the governance of American horse racing was tucked into a 2020 federal spending bill. That proviso ultimately created the national Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, or HISA – a move that, after three previous legislative attempts, found support from federal lawmakers after a particularly deadly season at a California racetrack. 2023 June 10, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Curt Devine, Audrey Ash, Casey Tolan, Allison Gordon and Pamela Brown, “As horse racing’s best trainers rake in millions, records show they’ve violated rules aimed at keeping the animals safe”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2025:
   • The writing has been on the wall that Americans’ support for mass deportation was subject to all kinds of caveats and provisos. 2025 July 13, Aaron Blake, “Trump’s mass deportation is backfiring”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025:

Forms

Relateds

provisional · provision · proviso quod · provide

Translations (26)

ru усло́вие (conditional provision to an agreement) · ja 但書 (conditional provision to an agreement) · bg уговорка (conditional provision to an agreement) · de Bedingung (conditional provision to an agreement) · fi varaus (conditional provision to an agreement) · gd cùmhnant (conditional provision to an agreement) · de Maßgabe (conditional provision to an agreement) · sh uvjet (conditional provision to an agreement) · es salvedad (conditional provision to an agreement) · gd coingheall (conditional provision to an agreement) · pl klauzula (conditional provision to an agreement) · sh uslov (conditional provision to an agreement) · de Vorbehalt (conditional provision to an agreement) · no forbehold (conditional provision to an agreement) · gl condición (conditional provision to an agreement) · fi varauma (conditional provision to an agreement) · de Kautel (conditional provision to an agreement) · cmn 但書 /但书 (conditional provision to an agreement) · fr réserve (conditional provision to an agreement) · sv reservation (conditional provision to an agreement) · sv förbehåll (conditional provision to an agreement) · fr provision (à un accord) (conditional provision to an agreement) · nl voorbehoud (conditional provision to an agreement) · ru огово́рка (conditional provision to an agreement) · bg условие (conditional provision to an agreement) · de Vorbehaltsklausel (conditional provision to an agreement)