proviso

proviso is a 7-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, usually beginning with the word provided; a conditional stipulation that affects an agreement, contract, law, grant, or the like; as, the contract was impaired by its proviso. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, usually beginning with the word provided; a conditional stipulation that affects an agreement, contract, law, grant, or the like; as, the contract was impaired by its proviso.
2. noun. a stipulated condition

   "he accepted subject to one provision"

   Synonyms: provision

Synonyms

provision

Common word forms

provisos, provisoes

Words from these letters

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