Grocery vs. Provisions — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Grocery and Provisions
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Grocery
A grocer's shop or business.
Provisions
The act of providing or supplying something
The provision of health care.
The provision of rations.
Grocery
A store selling foodstuffs and various household supplies. Also called grocery store.
Provisions
The act of making preparations for a possible or future event or situation
The provision for retirement requires planning.
Grocery
Groceries Commodities sold by a grocer.
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Provisions
Something provided
A fire escape is an important provision in a building.
Grocery
(usually groceries) retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
Provisions
Provisions Necessary supplies, such as food and clothing, as for a journey.
Grocery
A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.
Provisions
A preparatory action or measure
We must make provisions for riding out the storm.
Grocery
(intransitive) To go grocery shopping.
Provisions
A particular requirement in a law, rule, agreement, or document
The constitutional provision concerned with due process.
Grocery
(transitive) To furnish with groceries.
Provisions
To supply with provisions.
Grocery
The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; - in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense.
A deal box . . . to carry groceries in.
The shops at which the best families of the neighborhood bought grocery and millinery.
Provisions
To take preparatory action or measures
A bank must provision against losses from bad loans.
Grocery
A retail grocer's shop or store.
Provisions
Plural of provision
Grocery
A marketplace where groceries are sold;
The grocery store included a meat market
Provisions
A stock or supply of foods
Grocery
(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer
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