Definition

1. Verb (Transitive):

   • To specify or demand something as a condition or requirement in an agreement, contract, or formal arrangement.
   • To make a specific demand or provision as part of an agreement.

2. Verb (Intransitive):

   • To make an agreement or contract, particularly one that involves a formal guarantee or promise.

Usage

• Transitive Verb: Used when stating a specific condition that must be met. The condition is the direct object.
• Intransitive Verb: Used with prepositions like "for" to indicate the act of setting conditions as part of an agreement.

Examples

• Transitive Verb:

  • The lease stipulates that pets are not allowed.
  • The treaty stipulated the exact borders between the two nations.
  • The rules stipulate a maximum of three attempts.

• Intransitive Verb:

  • The negotiators stipulated for a full audit of the accounts.
  • He stipulated to provide the funds by the end of the month.

Advanced Usage

• Legal and Formal Contexts: "Stipulate" is most commonly used in legal, business, or formal contexts to indicate binding conditions.
  • The parties stipulated to the facts of the case, allowing the trial to proceed more quickly.
• "Stipulate that...": A very common structure introducing a clause that states the specific condition.
  • The policy stipulates that all employees must complete safety training.

Variants and Related Words

• Stipulation (noun): A condition or requirement specified in an agreement.
  • One stipulation of the grant was that the research be published openly.
• Stipulatory (adjective): Of or relating to a stipulation. (Less common)

Synonyms

• Specify: To state something precisely.
• Require: To make something necessary as a condition.
• Prescribe: To lay down as a rule or directive.
• Lay down: To formally establish a rule or condition.

Antonyms

• Waive: To refrain from insisting on or using a right or claim.
• Ignore: To refuse to take notice of or acknowledge.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• To stipulate for something: To demand or require something as a condition (formal).
  • The buyer stipulated for a warranty on all parts.
• As stipulated: According to the terms that were specified.
  • Payment will be made as stipulated in the contract.

Verb

1. make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force
2. give a guarantee or promise of
   • They stipulated to release all the prisoners
3. 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