Our manager agreed to let us work from home indefinitely with the proviso that we attend monthly meetings in person.
Source: tatoeba (10266530)
Proviso
//pɹəˈvaɪzoʊ//
Synonyms for "proviso" (50 found)
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Related words (25)
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4 entriesderived from
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3 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- уговорка noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
- условие noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 但書 /但书 noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
Dutch
1 entries- voorbehoud noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
Finnish
2 entries- varauma noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
- varaus noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
French
2 entries- provision (à un accord) noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
- réserve noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
Galician
1 entries- condición noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
German
4 entries- Bedingung noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
- Kautel noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
- Maßgabe noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
- Vorbehalt noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
Japanese
1 entries- 但書 noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
Norwegian
1 entries- forbehold noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
Polish
1 entries- klauzula noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
Russian
2 entries- огово́рка noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
- усло́вие noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- coingheall noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
- cùmhnant noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- uslov noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
- uvjet noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
Spanish
1 entries- salvedad noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
Swedish
2 entries- förbehåll noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
- reservation noun (conditional provision to an agreement)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
I have only one proviso: you must not use any power tools to build the table.
Source: tatoeba (12241402)
On the proviso that you don't use mayonaise, you may make me a sandwich.
Source: tatoeba (13172128)
Now, with all these provisos in mind, what’s the best way to put spinach to work? All due respect to Popeye, a can may not be the tastiest way to introduce it to your table.
Source: wiktionary
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