stipulate1
[stip-yuh-leyt]
- to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
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- to arrange expressly or specify in terms of agreement: to stipulate a price.
- 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.
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Origin of stipulate1
Synonyms
See more synonyms for stipulate on Thesaurus.com2, 3. specify, designate, indicate, cite.
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Examples from the Web for stipulated
Contemporary Examples
The deal he, Beard, and Rob Hoffman had struck with Simmons had stipulated a complex stock buy-out after five years.
Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National LampoonRobert Sam Anson
March 1, 2014
The bullet was fired from a distance of fewer than 20 meters, considerably nearer than the stipulated 50-meter minimum.
Some clients, however, such as European central banks, stipulated that none of their information be shared.
Rand Paul stipulated that he did not intend his remarks about a Hitler-like president to apply to the present president.
All lawmakers, they stipulated, should be denied paychecks until a budget clears both houses.
Historical Examples
Putting the stipulated sum into two purses, he handed these to Lorenzi.
Casanova's HomecomingArthur Schnitzler
The only thing he stipulated was that he should hear me before deciding.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
And eventually the day came when he was unable to make the stipulated payments.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
He wanted it stipulated that his master was to do all the fighting.
The Story of Don QuixoteArvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
The London firm had stipulated, too, that their new man should be unmarried.
Herbert HooverVernon Kellogg
stipulate1
- (tr; may take a clause as object) to specify, often as a condition of an agreement
- (intr foll by for) 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
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin stipulārī, probably from Old Latin stipulus firm, but perhaps from stipula a stalk, from the convention of breaking a straw to ratify a promise
stipulate2
- (of a plant) having stipules
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Word Origin and History for stipulated
stipulate
v.
1620s, from Latin stipulatus, past participle of stipulari (see stipulation). Related: Stipulated; stipulating.
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