Provision vs Interim - What's the difference?
provision | interim |
An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
* Francis Bacon
* Milton
The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
Money set aside for a future event.
(accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
(legal) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
(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.
transitional
temporary
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A transitional or temporary period between other events.
As nouns the difference between provision and interim
is that provision is an item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use while interim is a transitional or temporary period between other events.As a verb provision
is to supply with provisions.As an adjective interim is
transitional.provision
English
Noun
(en noun)- making provision for the relief of strangers
- And of provisions laid in large, / For man and beast.
- (Shakespeare)
- We increased our provision for bad debts on credit sales going into the recession.
- An arrest shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
- (Blackstone)
Synonyms
* supply * victualinterim
English
Adjective
(-)- Iraq's government is ''"interim'''.
- You are interim manager until he returns from hospital.
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Noun
(en noun)- His car is in the shop, but they gave him a rental to drive in the interim .