a condition that must be accepted before an agreement can be madesynonymprovisionTheir participation is subject to a number of important provisos.He agreed to their visit with the proviso that they should stay no longer than one week.Word Originlate Middle English: from the medieval Latin phrase proviso (quod) ‘it being provided (that)’, from Latin providere ‘foresee, provide’.
See proviso in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishSee proviso in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
