boilerplate vs provision

boilerplate

noun
  • Syndicated material. 

  • A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler. 

  • The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882). 

  • Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels. 

  • Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on. 

  • Formulaic or hackneyed language. 

  • A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements. 

adj
  • Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature. 

  • Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures. 

verb
  • To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse. 

provision

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

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

  • A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions. 

  • The act of providing, or making previous preparation. 

  • Money set aside for a future event. 

  • Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation. 

  • A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso. 

verb
  • To supply with provisions. 

  • To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system. 

How often have the words boilerplate and provision occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )