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stipulate

3 syllables
verbadjective
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As a verb, stipulate means require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement. As an adjective, it means having stipules.

Meanings of stipulate

8 meanings

verb

  1. To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.

  2. To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.

  3. USformallawTo acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.

    “The defense stipulates that the witness has identified my client.”

  4. followed by forTo ask for a contractual term.

  5. formallawTo mutually agree.

  6. 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”

    Similar: qualify, condition, specify

  7. Make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force

adjective

  1. botanyHaving stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

stipulate around the world

USTo acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.

Synonyms by meaning

verb: specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or ag…
qualifyconditionspecify

Words that rhyme with stipulate

manipulate

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