'Proviso' definitions:
Definition of 'proviso'
(from WordNet)
noun
A stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision" [syn: provision, proviso]
Definition of 'Proviso'
From: GCIDE
- Proviso \Pro*vi"so\, n.; pl. Provisos. [L., (it) being provided, abl. of provisus, p. p. of providere. See Provide, and cf. Purview.] An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, usually beginning with the word provided; a conditional stipulation that affects an agreement, contract, law, grant, or the like; as, the contract was impaired by its proviso. [1913 Webster]
- He doth deny his prisoners, But with proviso and exception. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'proviso'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bill,
- boundary condition,
- calendar,
- catch,
- clause,
- companion bills amendment,
- condition,
- donnee,
- dragnet clause,
- enacting clause,
- escalator clause,
- escape clause,
- escape hatch,
- exception,
- fine print,
- given,
- grounds,
- hold-up bill,
- joker,
- kicker,
- limiting condition,
- motion,
- obligation,
- omnibus bill,
- parameter,
- prerequisite,
- privileged question,
- provision,
- provisions,
- qualification,
- question,
- requisite,
- reservation,
- rider,
- saving clause,
- sine qua non,
- small print,
- specification,
- stipulation,
- string,
- strings,
- term,
- terms,
- ultimatum,
- whereas