Accrual vs. Provision
Accrual and Provision Definitions
Accrual
The act or process of accumulating; an increase.
Provision
The act of providing or supplying something
The provision of health care.
The provision of rations.
Accrual
Something that accumulates or increases.
Provision
The act of making preparations for a possible or future event or situation
The provision for retirement requires planning.
Accrual
An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose
Provision
Something provided
A fire escape is an important provision in a building.
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Accrual
(accounting) from the creditor's viewpoint, a charge incurred in one accounting period that has not been, but is to be, paid by the end of it.
Provision
Provisions Necessary supplies, such as food and clothing, as for a journey.
Accrual
Accrument.
Provision
A preparatory action or measure
We must make provisions for riding out the storm.
Accrual
The act of accumulating
Provision
A particular requirement in a law, rule, agreement, or document
The constitutional provision concerned with due process.
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Provision
To supply with provisions.
Provision
To take preparatory action or measures
A bank must provision against losses from bad loans.
Provision
An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
Provision
The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
Provision
Money set aside for a future event.
Provision
(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.
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Provision
(law) 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.
Provision
(Roman Catholicism) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
Provision
A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
Provision
(transitive) To supply with provisions.
To provision an army
Provision
To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system.
Provision
The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
Provision
That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.
Making provision for the relief of strangers.
Provision
Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; - often in the plural.
And of provisions laid in large,For man and beast.
Provision
That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract; the statute has many provisions.
Provision
A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
Provision
A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
Provision
To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.
They were provisioned for a journey.
Provision
A stipulated condition;
He accepted subject to one provision
Provision
The activity of supplying or providing something
Provision
The cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening;
His planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties
Provision
A store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)
Provision
Supply with provisions
