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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stip•u•late1 /ˈstɪpyəˌleɪt/USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. - to specify in terms of agreement:[~ + object]to stipulate a price.
- to require as a condition for agreement:[~ + that clause]She stipulated that her daughter would have to receive money for school before she would agree to any settlement.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stip•u•late1 (stip′yə lāt′),USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. v.i. - to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often fol. by for).
v.t. - 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.
- Lawmakingto 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.
- Latin stipulātus (past participle of stipulārī to demand a formal agreement), apparently equivalent. to stipul- (see stipule) + -ātus -ate1
- 1615–25;
stip•u•la•ble (stip′yə lə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. stip′u•la′tor, n. stip•u•la•to•ry (stip′yə lə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē),USA pronunciation adj. - 2, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged specify, designate, indicate, cite.
stip•u•late2 (stip′yə lit, -lāt′),USA pronunciation adj. [Bot.]- having stipules.
- Neo-Latin stipulātus. See stipule, -ate1
- 1770–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stipulate /ˈstɪpjʊˌleɪt/ vb - (tr; may take a clause as object) to specify, often as a condition of an agreement
- (intransitive) followed by for: to insist (on) as a term of an agreement
- 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
Etymology: 17th Century: 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 promisestipulable /ˈstɪpjʊləbəl/ adj ˌstipuˈlation n ˈstipuˌlator n |