See Also: stipulate(medicine)
Stipulate(money)
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stipulate(dictionary)

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stipulate verb. E17.
[Latin stipulat- pa. ppl stem of stipulari, perh. from stipula straw (from the custom of breaking a straw to confirm a promise): see-ATE3. Cf. STUBBLE.]
verb intrans. Make a contract, bargain, or covenant (with a person); spec. in Roman Law, make an oral contract for the undertaking of one's demand, in the form of question and answer legally required. E17.
a. verb trans. Specify or demand, esp. as an essential part or condition of an agreement, contract, offer, etc. Freq. as stipulated ppl adjective. M17.
R. Ellmann Both stipulated that no biography be written of them. A. West Rules that stipulated what might or might not be done. M. Dibdin A will stipulating that his estate was to be divided equally between the two sons. Anne Stevenson Sylvia looked at two unfurnished flats..but the landlord had stipulated no children.
b. verb intrans. Make an explicit demand for something as a condition of agreement. L18.
J. Austen He did not stipulate for any particular sum.
a. verb intrans. Stand surety or bail (for a person). rare. L17-E19.
b. verb trans. Promise or guarantee (to do, that, a thing). Now rare. M18.