stipulation

C2
US /ˌstɪp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
noun Freq #44797

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement.

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

  2. 2
    noun

    a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement

  3. 3
    noun

    an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else

  4. 4
    noun

    (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court

  5. 5
    noun

    The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.

  6. 6
    noun

    The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.

  7. 7
    noun

    A goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.

Etymology

From Latin stipulātiō.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 noun · a restriction that is... specification
3 noun · an assumption on which... conditionprecondition
4 noun · (law) an agreement or... judicial admission
Word family
Derived forms nonstipulationrestipulationstipulationalstipulationally
Related forms stipulate

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