Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act of stipulating.
  • noun Something specified or agreed to, as in a contract.
  • noun The document or agreement, or a provision in a document or agreement, specifying something that is agreed to.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of stipulating, agreeing, or covenanting; a contracting or bargaining.
  • noun That which is stipulated or agreed upon; a contract or bargain, or a particular article or item in a contract: as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops; a contract containing so many stipulations.
  • noun In law, specifically— An agreement between counsel or attorneys in a cause, affecting its conduct.
  • noun An undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts.
  • noun In Roman law, a contract in which the form consisted in a question and answer, formalities which in course of time came to be recognized as making a valid contract which might dispense with the ceremonials required by the earlier law.
  • noun In botany, the situation and structure of the stipules.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
  • noun The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
  • noun That which is stipulated, or agreed upon; that which is definitely arranged or contracted; an agreement; a covenant; a contract or bargain; also, any particular article, item, or condition, in a mutual agreement.
  • noun (Law) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement.
  • noun botany The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
  • noun (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
  • noun a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From ancient Latin stipula ("a straw"). As was the custom then, the Romans used to break a straw, as a sign of agreement between the negotiating parties, and the stipulations were put in a written form.

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Examples

  • The only stipulation is that they can't have internet and bother me.

    warming-gate 2009

  • This stipulation is proving to be a problem for President Obama's trip to India in November; according to the New York Times, The Golden Temple may be dropped from the itinerary for fear of the American public associating the image of Obama in a "head scarf" with his being a Muslim (a recent survey by the Pew Research Center found that almost one in five Americans believes Obama is a Muslim).

    Obama May Drop Visit To India's Golden Temple (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • The only stipulation is that they can't have internet and bother me.

    warming-gate 2009

  • If the stipulation is that she must attend a crisis center before getting an abortion then clearly there is a violation of personal rights/choice.

    NARAL BLASTS TIM KAINE 2009

  • This stipulation is proving to be a problem for President Obama's trip to India in November; according to the New York Times, The Golden Temple may be dropped from the itinerary for fear of the American public associating the image of Obama in a "head scarf" with his being a Muslim (a recent survey by the Pew Research Center found that almost one in five Americans believes Obama is a Muslim).

    Obama May Drop Visit To India's Golden Temple (PHOTOS) Manal Khan 2010

  • This stipulation is proving to be a problem for President Obama's trip to India in November; according to the New York Times, The Golden Temple may be dropped from the itinerary for fear of the American public associating the image of Obama in a "head scarf" with his being a Muslim (a recent survey by the Pew Research Center found that almost one in five Americans believes Obama is a Muslim).

    Obama May Drop Visit To India's Golden Temple (PHOTOS) Manal Khan 2010

  • Ok, so now we have in public (who knows what kind backroom pressure previous administrations put on the Afghan government) a stipulation from the U. S on what we expect from Karsai.

    Biden to Karzai: 'Step up to the ball' 2009

  • The only stipulation is that they can't have internet and bother me.

    warming-gate 2009

  • The only stipulation is that the size is 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches (standard artist trading card size) and that each card has name, date, title and anything else you care to add on the back.

    Calling All Artists eddvick 2009

  • His only stipulation is that the buyer be American.

    An Obama-Hillary Ticket: One Domain Owner Is Betting On It - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

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