stipulate
/'stipjuleit/
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Definition
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.
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
- make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force
- give a guarantee or promise of
- They stipulated to release all the prisoners
- 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