stipulate — English Dictionary

stipulate
Pronunciations (4)
  • /ˈstɪpjuˌleɪt/
  • /ˈstɪpjəˌleɪt/
  • /ˈstɪpjəlɪt/
  • ˈstɪpjuˌleɪt

Verb

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

    Usage
    • Transitive
    Examples
    More examples (2)

    In general, steel springs were stipulated for primary suspension, although rubber was accepted for auxiliary springing; hydraulic dampers were specified and the use of laminated springs ruled out.

    My contract stipulated that I would make dinner for him at six o'clock and leave at seven after finishing the dishes; but the Professor began objecting to this schedule as soon as my son arrived on the scene.

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

    Usage
    • Transitive
    Examples
    More examples (1)

    Out of special love and affection they stipulate that the survivor shall remain in full possession and use the entire temporal estate which they leave behind and none of the heirs shall demand an account or proof or balance so that the survivor may manage the estate in the manner he or she thinks best.

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

    Usage
    • US usage
    • Formal
    • Transitive
    Examples

    The defense stipulates that the witness has identified my client.

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    The parties stipulate that Exhibits 1 through 3 accompanied the initial Verified Complaint and Jury Demand, and that they are displayed in this text in the Exhibits section solely for clarity of the layout.

  4. To ask for a contractual term.

    Usage
    • Intransitive
    • followed by for
    Examples
    More examples (1)

    Although another person cannot stipulate for us, yet in our stipulations we can associate with ourselves another person who stipulates for the same performance, and is called an adstipulator.

  5. To mutually agree.

    Usage
    • Formal
    • Intransitive
    Examples

    We will stipulate to our receipt of all pertinent discovery documents.

    More examples (1)

    Parties stipulate to serve discovery and notice discovery depositions no later than 45 days after the opening of discovery, and to respond to discovery within 30 days and take discovery depositions no later than the closing date of discovery.

Adjective

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

    Usage
    • not-comparable

Verb

  1. specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement

    Broader terms
    Examples

    The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life

    The contract stipulates the dates of the payments

  2. give a guarantee or promise of

    Broader terms
    Examples

    They stipulated to release all the prisoners

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

    Broader terms
Word forms
stipulatesstipulatingstipulatedstipulated

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