English verb: stipulate | |||
1. | stipulate (communication) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement | ||
Samples | The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life. The contract stipulates the dates of the payments. | ||
Synonyms | condition, qualify, specify | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | contract, undertake | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | provide | ||
Verb group | stipulate | ||
2. | stipulate (communication) give a guarantee or promise of | ||
Samples | They stipulated to release all the prisoners. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | guarantee, vouch | ||
Verb group | condition, qualify, specify, stipulate | ||
3. | stipulate (communication) make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | contract, undertake | ||
Domain category | civil law, jus civile, Justinian code, Roman law | ||