proviso
General noun
A condition or stipulation attached to an agreement or statement.
The claim holds, with the proviso that measurement error is negligible.
Medicine noun
A condition attached to an agreement or statement.
Discharge was agreed with the proviso that the patient attend the outpatient clinic within a week.
Law noun
A clause in a document that introduces a condition.
She signed, with the proviso that the deadline move.
Business noun
A condition or stipulation attached to an agreement.
We accepted the schedule with the proviso that penalties would be capped.
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