noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement wordnet
3. 3
   Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement. countable, uncountable

   "The stipulations of the contract won't allow you to do that."

4. 4
   an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else wordnet
5. 5
   The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules. countable, uncountable

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6. 6
   (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record wordnet
7. 7
   A goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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conditionprovisorequirementtermaccordagreement

Example

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"They released him with the stipulation that he should not go out of town until the investigation was complete."

Etymology

From Latin stipulātiō.

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