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VERB (3)

1. specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement;
- Example: "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"
- Example: "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"
[syn: stipulate, qualify, condition, specify]

2. give a guarantee or promise of;
- Example: "They stipulated to release all the prisoners"

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stipulate \Stip"u*late\, a. (Bot.) Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stipulate \Stip"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stipulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Stipulating.] [L. stipulatus, p. p. of stipulari to stipulate, fr. OL. stipulus firm, fast; probably akin to L. stipes a post. Cf. Stiff.] To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stipulate v 1: specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments" [syn: stipulate, qualify, condition, specify] 2: give a guarantee or promise of; "They stipulated to release all the prisoners" 3: make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force