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stipulate
1[ stip-yuh-leyt ]
verb (used without object)
- to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for ).
verb (used with object)
- to arrange expressly or specify in terms of agreement:
to stipulate a price.
Synonyms: state, specify, name, fix, detail, define, lay down
- to require as an essential condition in making an agreement:
Total disarmament was stipulated in the peace treaty.
- to promise, in making an agreement.
- Law. to accept (a proposition) without requiring that it be established by proof:
to stipulate the existence of certain facts or that an expert witness is qualified.
stipulate
2[ stip-yuh-lit, -leyt ]
adjective
- having stipules.
stipulate
1/ ˈstɪpjʊlətərɪ; ˈstɪpjʊləbəl; ˈstɪpjʊˌleɪt; -trɪ /
verb
- tr; may take a clause as object to specify, often as a condition of an agreement
- intrfoll byfor to insist (on) as a term of an agreement
- Roman law to make (an oral contract) in the form of question and answer necessary to render it legally valid
- tr; may take a clause as object to guarantee or promise
stipulate
2/ -ˌleɪt; ˈstɪpjʊlɪt /
adjective
- (of a plant) having stipules
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Derived Forms
- ˌstipuˈlation, noun
- stipulatory, adjective
- ˈstipuˌlator, noun
- stipulable, adjective
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Other Words From
- stip·u·la·ble [stip, -y, uh, -l, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
- stip·u·la·tor noun
- stip·u·la·to·ry [stip, -y, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stipulate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stipulate1
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Example Sentences
Rather, new standards stipulate that bulbs manufactured and sold in the U.S. must meet higher energy efficiency standards.
The new constitution does not stipulate any requirements for a vice president in the government.
So let's stipulate that my critics are completely gender blind, reacting only to my many faults.
I'll stipulate that the Democrats had a good convention, in the primetime hours at least.
Let's stipulate that the fate of the Republic does not turn on the state of Sally Quinn's social life.
After a short consultation with Ronan they directed him to stipulate the conditions for Cautin's life.
Neither did she ever give me any money,—or anything but my daily dinner,—nor ever stipulate that I should be paid for my services.
Still, in your service, I am willing to endure even Podbury—for a strictly limited period; that I do stipulate for.
We must stipulate that the new dish effects an improvement in the economy of the working classes.
It is always as well to stipulate something about prices beforehand.
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