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Provision vs Deployment - What's the difference?

provision | deployment |

As nouns the difference between provision and deployment

is that provision is provision while deployment is an arrangement or classification of things.

provision

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • making provision for the relief of strangers
  • * Milton
  • And of provisions laid in large, / For man and beast.
  • The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • Money set aside for a future event.
  • (accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
  • We increased our provision for bad debts on credit sales going into the recession.
  • (legal) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • An arrest shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
  • (Roman Catholic) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
  • (UK, historical) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
  • (Blackstone)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To supply with provisions.
  • Synonyms

    * supply * victual

    deployment

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An arrangement or classification of things.
  • An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
  • The distribution of military forces prior to battle.
  • * H. L. Scott
  • Deployments which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war.
  • (parachuting) the start of something
  • Derived terms

    * software deployment