stipulation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
  2. Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement.
  3. The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
  4. A goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.

Pronunciation

/ˌstɪp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-stipulation.wav

Word forms

stipulation stipulations

Etymology

From Latin stipulātiō.

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