Stipulate: meaning, example and synonyms
Stipulatev. To specify a requirement as a condition of an agreement.
Example
The grant stipulated that every dataset produced by the project be made public within a year of collection.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Synonyms
- specify, require, dictate, set forth
- Antonyms
- waive, leave open
- Memory tip
- Stipulate = write a must-have condition into the deal.
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Check yourself: Stipulate in context
The donor's will ______ that the collection remain together and that none of its paintings ever be sold.
Answer: stipulated. A will sets conditions, so it stipulated them. Decried (denounced), expedited (sped up) and exasperated (irritated) cannot introduce terms like 'that none be sold.'
Before signing the lease, the bakery's owners asked the landlord to ______ in writing that he would repair the oven at his own expense.
Answer: stipulate. Putting a repair duty in writing as a condition is to stipulate it. Recant (take back), exasperate (irritate) and stifle (suppress) don't set terms of a lease.