to specify (something) as a condition or requirement of an agreement or offer
The number of female members was stipulated in the constitution
to demand, promise, or agree (something) in making an agreement
It was stipulated that weapons were to be handed in before peace negotiations commenced
(+ for) to demand something as an express term in an agreement
We stipulated for marble
stipulation noun
stipulator noun
stipulatory /-lət(ə)ri/ adj
[Latin stipulatus, past part. of stipulari to demand some term in an agreement]