Noun

(en noun)

A meeting or gathering.

The convention was held in Geneva.

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A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates

''The EU installed an inter-institutional Convention to draft a European constitution

The convening of a formal meeting

A formal agreement, contract or pact

(international law) A treaty or supplement to such.

''The Vienna convention at the Vienna Congress (1814-15) standardized most of diplomatic conduct for generations

A generally accepted principle, method or behaviour.

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In order to account for this, we might propose to make the Prepositional Phrase an optional constituent of the Verb Phrase: this we could do by re-
placing rule (28) (ii) by rule (40) below:
(40)      VP → V AP (PP)
(Note that a constituent in parentheses is, by convention , taken to be
optional.)

''Table seatings are generally determined by tacit convention , not binding formal protocol

The convention of driving on the right is reinforced by law.

Noun

(en noun)

An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.

* Francis Bacon

making provision for the relief of strangers

* Milton

And of provisions laid in large, / For man and beast.

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

(Shakespeare)

Money set aside for a future event.

(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.

(legal) 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.

(Roman Catholic) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.

(UK, historical) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.

(Blackstone)