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   proviso

   /prəˈvʌɪzəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. a condition or qualification attached to an agreement or statement: "he let his house with the proviso that his own staff should remain to run it"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from the medieval Latin phrase proviso (quod) ‘it being provided (that)’, from Latin providere ‘foresee, provide’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • V

     4

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • O

     1

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