Stipulate Meaning
/ˈstɪpjuˌleɪt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
verbTo specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.
Sentence Examples
If you stipulate that these things are true, I will sign the contract.
Why wouldn't you stipulate that in the contract?
CEFR Practice Quiz
The contract will ____ that the payment must be made within thirty days.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The contract must clearly ____ how much each party is responsible for paying if the project is delayed.
Word Origin & History
From Latin stipulātus, perfect active participle of stipulor (“to demand a formal promise, stipulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 726:
"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."
— 1990, Irene English Shoemaker, Van Buskirk: A Legacy from New Amsterdam:
"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."
— 2016 January 1, Elizabeth I. Boals, Shailee D. Sharma, Stanton v. Armstrong: Case File, Aspen Publishers, →ISBN, page 4:
"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."
— 2020 March 26, Gaius, Institutes of Roman Law, Jazzybee Verlag, →ISBN:
"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."
— 1999, Steven H. Bazerman, Jason M. Drangel, Guide to Registering Trademarks, Aspen Publishers Online, →ISBN, page 22:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The contract will ____ that the payment must be made within thirty days.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The contract must clearly ____ how much each party is responsible for paying if the project is delayed.