Meaning of STIPULATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'stipyu`leyt
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- [v] make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force, in Roman Law
- [v] 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"
- [v] give a guarantee or promise of; "They stipulated to release all the prisoners"
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| | See Also: | | contract, guarantee, provide, undertake, vouch | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Stip"u*late\, a. (Bot.)
Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.
\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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