stipulation

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/ˌstɪp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/

noun

The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.

“The stipulations of the contract won't allow you to do that.”

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Meanings

nounstipulation (countable and uncountable, plural stipulations)

plural stipulations

  1. countableuncountableThe act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
  2. countableuncountableSomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement.

    The stipulations of the contract won't allow you to do that.

    2 more examples

    If I lend you my car, my only stipulation is that you fill up the gas tank before returning it.

    The acts authorising the subsequent Underground lines would include a stipulation that cheap early morning fares be provided, and the Cheap Trains Act of 1883 would standardise the terms for all railways.

    2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 47
  3. countableuncountablebiologyThe situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
  4. countableuncountableboard gamesA goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record

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judicial admission
Broader

nounan assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else

nouna restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steyp-
  2. Proto-Italic*stips
  3. Proto-Italic*stipelā
  4. Latinstipula?
  5. Proto-Italic*stipelā
  6. Proto-Italic*stipelāō?
  7. Latinstipulārī
  8. Latinstipulātiō
  9. Englishstipulation

Borrowed from Latin stipulātiō.

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Translations

Bengali করার
  • করার (korar)something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Bulgarian условие
  • условие (uslovie)something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Danish bestemmelse, fastsættelse
  • bestemmelsesomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
  • fastsættelsesomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Esperanto kondiĉo
  • kondiĉosomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Finnish määräys
  • määräyssomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
French clause
  • clausesomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
German Abmachung, Ausbedingung
  • Abmachungsomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
  • Ausbedingungsomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
  • Bestimmungsomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
  • Maßgabesomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
  • Übereinkunftsomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
  • Vereinbarungsomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Hebrew התניה
  • התניה (hatnayah)something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Hungarian kikötés
  • kikötéssomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Irish agó
  • agósomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Korean 조건
  • 조건 (jogeon)something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Latin stipulatio
  • stipulatiosomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Polish warunek, zastrzeżenie
  • waruneksomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
  • zastrzeżeniesomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Romanian stipulație f condiție
  • stipulație f condițiesomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Russian условие
  • условие (uslovije)something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Turkish anlaşma, ittifak
  • anlaşmasomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
  • ittifaksomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
  • kararsomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
Welsh amod, amodiad
  • amodsomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
  • amodiadsomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

stipulation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stipulation

MLA

“stipulation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stipulation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stipulation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stipulation.

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