stipulation

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌstɪp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/

Noun

stipulation (plural stipulations)

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

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

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

3. (botany) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
4. (chess) A goal to be achieved in a chess problem ↗; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.

Related terms

• stipulate

Translations

• French: clause
• German: Abmachung, Ausbedingung, Bestimmung, Maßgabe, Übereinkunft, Vereinbarung
• Russian: условие

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