stipulate

Definition of Stipulate in English :

Verb

1. condition, qualify, specify, stipulate

specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement

Example Sentences:
'The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life'
'The contract stipulates the dates of the payments'

2. stipulate

give a guarantee or promise of

Example Sentences:
'They stipulated to release all the prisoners'

3. stipulate

make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Stipulate

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verb

1. (tr; may take a clause as object)

to specify, often as a condition of an agreement

2. (intransitive; foll by for)

to insist (on) as a term of an agreement

3. Roman law

to make (an oral contract) in the form of question and answer necessary to render it legally valid

4. (tr; may take a clause as object)

to guarantee or promise

adjective

(of a plant) having stipules

Stipulate

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈstipuˌlated or ˈstipuˌlating

1.

to include specifically in the terms of an agreement, contract, etc.; arrange definitely

2.

to specify as an essential condition of or requisite in an agreement

verb intransitive

3.

to make a specific demand (for something) as a condition of or requisite in an agreement

adjective

having stipules

: also ˈstipuˌlated

Stipulate

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v. stip·u·lat·ed, stip·u·lat·ing, stip·u·lates

v.tr.

1. To specify or agree to as a condition in an agreement: The two firms stipulated a payment deadline.

2. To agree to (a fact) in order to reduce the scope of the dispute to be resolved by a court. Used of litigants.

3. To concede for the purposes of argument: "Even if we stipulate that it's the president's duty to bring any American soldier home who's been held in captivity, it's perfectly reasonable to ask if this was a deal he should have made" (Bernard Goldberg).

v.intr.

1. To state or specify a demand or provision in an agreement: The law stipulates for a ban on the chemical.

2. To form an agreement.

adj.

Having stipules.

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