Provision vs Mandate - What's the difference?
provision | mandate |
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.
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
to authorize
to make mandatory
As nouns the difference between provision and mandate
is that provision is an item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use while mandate is an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.As verbs the difference between provision and mandate
is that provision is to supply with provisions while mandate is to authorize.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)
