stipulate

  • 21stipulate — / stɪpjυleɪt/ verb to state something specifically as a binding condition in a contract ● to stipulate that the contract should run for five years ● They found it difficult to pay the stipulated charges. ● The company failed to pay on the date… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 22stipulate — [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… …

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  • 23stipulate — I. verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin stipulatus, past participle of stipulari to demand a guarantee (from a prospective debtor) Date: circa 1624 intransitive verb 1. to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something ; contract 2.… …

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  • 24stipulate — 1. verb /ˈstɪpjuˌleɪt,ˈstɪpjəˌleɪt/ a) To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement. b) To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement …

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  • 25stipulate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. specify, demand, insist upon, require, negotiate. See qualification. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. condition, bargain, arrange; see designate 1 , specify . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY… …

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  • 26stipulate — stip·u·late || stɪpjÉ™leɪt / jÊŠl v. require that certain conditions be met before the signing of a contract; specify, require; promise, guarantee (regarding a contract) …

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  • 27stipulate — stipulate1 [ stɪpjʊleɪt] verb demand or specify as part of a bargain or agreement. Derivatives stipulation noun stipulator noun Origin C17 (earlier (C16) as stipulation): from L. stipulat , stipulari demand as a formal promise . stipulate2 [ …

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  • 28stipulate — v. n. Bargain, agree, contract, engage, covenant, provide, settle terms …

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  • 29stipulate — verb the document stipulates certain conditions Syn: specify, set down, set out, lay down; demand, require, insist on, make a condition of, prescribe, impose; Law provide …

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  • 30stipulate —   Having an appendage (stipule) at the base of a petiole or cataphyll, e.g. in Stangeria, a hood like stipule subtends each leaf base …

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