stipulation
/ˌstɪp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/ noun
Forms stipulations
- noun The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
- 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.”
- noun (botany) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
- noun (chess) A goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.
Synonyms
Etymology
L. stipulatio: cf. F. stipulation.
Webster’s 1913
- 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; as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops.
- noun The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
Etymology [See Stipule.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “stipulation”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details