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Stipulate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Stipulate has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

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"

2

give a guarantee or promise of

"They stipulated to release all the prisoners"

3

make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force

4

To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.

Adjective
1

Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.

Example Sentences
"The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life" verb
"The contract stipulates the dates of the payments" verb
"They stipulated to release all the prisoners" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
contract guarantee
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
provide
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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