1.
[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.
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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.
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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