One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence, someone who provides the means for subsistence, One that makes something, such as a service, available

Plural form of provider

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of provide

Present participle of provide, conjunction_ On the condition; provided

Areas of a country situated away from the capital or population center, Ecology An area of land, less extensive than a region, having a characteristic plant and animal population, A part of a country or state as distinguished from the capital or the larger cities; the country_ usually in the plural_ as, an actor who is starring in the provinces

Plural form of province, The part of a country outside of the capital, major cities, etc., and regarded as being rustic or parochial; a hinterland. See provincial

Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod, Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province, Limited in perspective; narrow and self-centered, noun_ A native or inhabitant of the provinces, A person who has provincial ideas or habits, a country person

The act of making preparations for a possible or future event or situation, The act of providing, or making previous preparation, That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation, verb_ supply with provisions, transitive verb_ To supply with food; to victual, intransitive verb_ To take preparatory action or measures

a stock or supply of foods, Plural form of provision, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of provision

One appointed or authorized to act for another, especially a person appointed to vote as one wishes at a meeting, The agency of a substitute; the office or authority of one who is deputed to act for another, An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person, verb_ To serve as a proxy for, networking To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service, intransitive verb_ rare To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another, adjective_ Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy