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Stipulate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STIPULATE, v.i. [L., to crowd; whence the sense of agreement, binding, making fast.]
1. To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear any thing; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France. Great Britain and the United States stipulate to oppose and restrain the African slave trade. A has stipulated to build a bridge within a given time. B has stipulated not to annoy or interdict our trade.
2. To bargain. A has stipulated to deliver me his horse for fifty guineas.
STIPULATE, a. [from stipual.] Having stipules on it; as a stipulate stalk.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: Latin stipulatus, past participle of stipulari to demand a guarantee (from a prospective debtor) Date: circa 1624 intransitive verb 1. to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something ; contract 2. to demand an express term in an agreement — used with for transitive verb 1. to specify as a condition or requirement (as of an agreement or offer) 2. to give a guarantee of • stipulator noun II. adjective Etymology: New Latin stipula Date: circa 1776 having stipules

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v.tr. 1 demand or specify as part of a bargain or agreement. 2 (foll. by for) mention or insist upon as an essential condition. 3 (as stipulated adj.) laid down in the terms of an agreement. Derivatives: stipulation n. stipulator n. Etymology: L stipulari 2. adj. Bot. having stipules. Etymology: L stipula (as STIPULE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stipulate Stip"u*late, a. (Bot.) Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(stipulates, stipulating, stipulated) If you stipulate a condition or stipulate that something must be done, you say clearly that it must be done. She could have stipulated that she would pay when she collected the computer... International rules stipulate the number of foreign entrants. = specify VERB: V that/wh, V n • stipulation (stipulations) Clifford's only stipulation is that his clients obey his advice. = condition N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. Bargain, agree, contract, engage, covenant, provide, settle terms.

Moby Thesaurus

agree, agree to, assign, attach a condition, bargain, bargain for, call for, compact, condition, contend for, contract, covenant, demand, denominate, designate, detail, determine, do a deal, engage, fight for, fix, guarantee, have a catch, have a joker, indicate, insist on, insist upon, make a deal, make conditional, make contingent, make reservations, mark, mention, name, particularize, pick out, pin down, point out, promise, provide, provide for, qualify, require, select, set, set conditions, set forth, set terms, signify, specialize, specifically provide, specify, state, stickle for, stipulate for, strive for, struggle for, undertake, vie for, warrant