Stipulate
verb
To demand or specify a requirement, typically as part of an agreement.
The contract stipulates a three month notice period.
Often appears as...
- stipulate a condition
- stipulate a requirement
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
verb
To express a requirement or demand in an authoritative or formal way.
The law stipulates that you must carry car insurance.
Often appears as...
- stipulate a law
- stipulate a rule
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
verb
To establish as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement.
The seller stipulates that the buyer must pay in cash.
Often appears as...
- stipulate a term
- stipulate a payment
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Technical
verb
To demand or specify a requirement, typically as part of an agreement.
The contract stipulates a three month notice period.
Often appears as...
- stipulate a condition
- stipulate a requirement
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
verb
To express a requirement or demand in an authoritative or formal way.
The law stipulates that you must carry car insurance.
Often appears as...
- stipulate a law
- stipulate a rule
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
verb
To establish as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement.
The seller stipulates that the buyer must pay in cash.
Often appears as...
- stipulate a term
- stipulate a payment
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Part of Agreements
'Stipulate' is often used when detailing parts of contracts or formal agreements.
The lease stipulates that tenants must not make loud noise after 10 PM.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Written
Stipulations can be verbal too, though they are more common in written form.
The teacher stipulated that all projects be turned in by Friday.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectations Set
Using 'stipulate' sets clear expectations for what one party wants from another.
The job offer stipulated that relocation would be necessary.
Pro Tip 1/3Part of Agreements
'Stipulate' is often used when detailing parts of contracts or formal agreements.
The lease stipulates that tenants must not make loud noise after 10 PM.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Written
Stipulations can be verbal too, though they are more common in written form.
The teacher stipulated that all projects be turned in by Friday.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectations Set
Using 'stipulate' sets clear expectations for what one party wants from another.
The job offer stipulated that relocation would be necessary.
Pro Tip 1/3Part of Agreements
'Stipulate' is often used when detailing parts of contracts or formal agreements.
The lease stipulates that tenants must not make loud noise after 10 PM.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Written
Stipulations can be verbal too, though they are more common in written form.
The teacher stipulated that all projects be turned in by Friday.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectations Set
Using 'stipulate' sets clear expectations for what one party wants from another.
The job offer stipulated that relocation would be necessary.
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Video examples
How much sleep do you...
they stipulate a minimum of seven hours of sleep a night for the average adult. In other words, the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life. But it turns out that it's not quite a linear relationship as you would expect.
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Why Libya's revolution...
most importantly to stipulate on political parties the alternation of male and female candidates vertically and horizontally in their lists creating the zipper list eventually our
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How much sleep do you...
they stipulate a minimum of seven hours of sleep a night for the average adult. In other words, the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life. But it turns out that it's not quite a linear relationship as you would expect.
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Why Libya's revolution...
most importantly to stipulate on political parties the alternation of male and female candidates vertically and horizontally in their lists creating the zipper list eventually our
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Quote examples
Wen Jiabao
Chinese Statesman
The Chinese government attaches importance to, and protects, human rights. We have incorporated these lines into the Chinese constitution, and we also implement the stipulation in real earnest. I think for any government, what is most important is to ensure that its people enjoy each and every right given to them by the constitution.
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Rachel Simmons
American Author
Most parents would not hesitate to assume responsibility for their child's behavior on a playground, at school, or in someone else's home. What happens online should be no different. Parents should talk with their children about computer ethics, stipulate rules of conduct, and - most importantly - establish consequences.
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Hosni Mubarak
Egyptian Statesman
I am telling you before anything, that the blood of the martyrs and the injured will not go in vain. And I would like to affirm, I will not hesitate to punish those who are responsible fiercely. I will hold those in charge who have violated the rights of our youth with the harshest punishment stipulated in the law.
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Payal Kadakia
American Businesswoman
We stipulate about where we need to be in life: By this age you should be married, by this age you should have kids. But it's not that you can only do this or only do that. It's really about creating a holistic life: about planning ahead and being efficient with your time and really listening to yourself.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
If anyone offers conjectures about the truth of things from the mere possibility of hypotheses, I do not see by what stipulation anything certain can be determined in any science, since one or another set of hypotheses may always be devised which will appear to supply new difficulties.
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Xenophon
Greek Soldier
You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we should not burn the country belonging to the king, and now they set fire to it themselves, as if they looked upon it no longer as their own.
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Ludwig Quidde
German Critic
The present level of armaments could be taken as the starting point. It could be stipulated in an international treaty that these armaments should be simultaneously and uniformly reduced by a certain proportion in all countries.
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Homer Hickam
American Author
Personally, I've got bigger hopes for NASA. I will stipulate it should keep putting telescopes in space so we can figure out where we fit in the universe, and it should also keep building those little robots that can and do.
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Tessa Blanchard
American Wrestler
Taya has never beaten me in a fair fight one-on-one. Taya has always needed a stipulation or a special guest referee or something that puts the odds in her favor.
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Abdus Salam
Pakistani Scientist
Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.
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Wen Jiabao
Chinese Statesman
The Chinese government attaches importance to, and protects, human rights. We have incorporated these lines into the Chinese constitution, and we also implement the stipulation in real earnest. I think for any government, what is most important is to ensure that its people enjoy each and every right given to them by the constitution.
Quote examples
Rachel Simmons
American Author
Most parents would not hesitate to assume responsibility for their child's behavior on a playground, at school, or in someone else's home. What happens online should be no different. Parents should talk with their children about computer ethics, stipulate rules of conduct, and - most importantly - establish consequences.
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Hosni Mubarak
Egyptian Statesman
I am telling you before anything, that the blood of the martyrs and the injured will not go in vain. And I would like to affirm, I will not hesitate to punish those who are responsible fiercely. I will hold those in charge who have violated the rights of our youth with the harshest punishment stipulated in the law.
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Payal Kadakia
American Businesswoman
We stipulate about where we need to be in life: By this age you should be married, by this age you should have kids. But it's not that you can only do this or only do that. It's really about creating a holistic life: about planning ahead and being efficient with your time and really listening to yourself.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
If anyone offers conjectures about the truth of things from the mere possibility of hypotheses, I do not see by what stipulation anything certain can be determined in any science, since one or another set of hypotheses may always be devised which will appear to supply new difficulties.
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Xenophon
Greek Soldier
You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we should not burn the country belonging to the king, and now they set fire to it themselves, as if they looked upon it no longer as their own.
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Ludwig Quidde
German Critic
The present level of armaments could be taken as the starting point. It could be stipulated in an international treaty that these armaments should be simultaneously and uniformly reduced by a certain proportion in all countries.
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Homer Hickam
American Author
Personally, I've got bigger hopes for NASA. I will stipulate it should keep putting telescopes in space so we can figure out where we fit in the universe, and it should also keep building those little robots that can and do.
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Tessa Blanchard
American Wrestler
Taya has never beaten me in a fair fight one-on-one. Taya has always needed a stipulation or a special guest referee or something that puts the odds in her favor.
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Abdus Salam
Pakistani Scientist
Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.
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