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stipulation

UK/ˌstɪp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/US/ˌstɪp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
nounC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,138 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: stipulations

A stipulation is a condition insisted on as part of an agreement. With one stipulation, the usual stipulations, a strict stipulation.

It is the thing somebody would not sign without, which is why stipulations are where a negotiation actually happens. In American courts a stipulation is something both sides agree so it need not be proved.

Definitions of stipulation

  1. 1nounstipulationA condition insisted on as part of an agreement.C2

    “The only stipulation in the will was that the house must never be sold.”

stipulation is a condition.

Where it comes from

  1. Latin

    stipulātiō

  2. English, today

    stipulation

Borrowed from Latin stipulātiō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

stipulation in the wild

  • Laban welcomed his nephew and set him the stipulation of seven years' labour before he permitted him to marry his daughter Rachel.

    Laban (Bible)

  • Industrial and military railroads had no such stipulation.

    GE 44-ton switcher

  • After World War II the original trophy was (according to stipulation) retired.

    Thompson Trophy

  • After the stipulation is entered into, it is presented to the judge.

    Stipulation

  • All matches on the show were held inside a steel cage match, combining that stipulation with a second stipulation as well.

    IWRG 22nd Anniversary Show

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.