stipulate
pronunciation
How to pronounce stipulate in British English:
UK [ˈstɪpjuleɪt]
How to pronounce stipulate in American English:
US [ˈstɪpjuleɪt]
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- Verb:
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- give a guarantee or promise of
- make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force
Word Origin
- stipulate
- stipulate: [17] Tradition has it that the etymological notion underlying stipulate is an ancient custom of breaking a straw to seal a bargain. The word comes from the Latin verb stipulārī ‘bargain, demand’, and it has been speculated that this was derived from Latin stipula ‘straw’ (source also of English stubble [13]). The theory has not been conclusively demonstrated, but it makes a good story. Another possibility is some connection with Old Latin stipulus ‘firm’.
- stipulate (v.)
- 1620s, "bargain, make a contract" (intransitive), back-formation from stipulation, or else from Latin stipulatus, past participle of stipulari "exact (a promise), bargain for." Transitive sense of "demand as a condition" is from 1640s. Related: Stipulated; stipulating.
Example
- 1. Hong kong listing rules stipulate that every ipo has a retail tranche .
- 2. But it did not stipulate the colonel 's departure , the main rebel demand .
- 3. In galloway , the policy would stipulate that homework cover only topics already addressed in class .
- 4. Other leed credits stipulate that certain percentages of materials originate from within 500 miles of the site .
- 5. If not , he said , it should stipulate having the self-defense forces as a military capability .