MEANING
A condition or limitation attached to an agreement or statement.
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- with the proviso
- contractual proviso
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She agreed with the proviso that the records remain public.
A final proviso restricted how the grant could be used.
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Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Singular proviso; plural provisos or provisoes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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