noun
- a condition or requirement that is specified as part of an agreement or arrangement
Usage: formal; legal
Examples
- The contract includes a proviso that payment must be made within 30 days.
- She agreed to help with the proviso that she could leave early on Friday.
- The loan was approved with the proviso that additional collateral be provided.
- The company accepted the merger with one important proviso about employee benefits.
- The scholarship comes with the proviso that recipients maintain a 3.5 GPA.
- He signed the lease with the proviso that pets would be allowed.