1. [verb] To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
2. [verb] To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.
3. [verb] To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.
4. [adjective] (botany) Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.
5. [verb] Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; 'The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life'; 'The contract stipulates the dates of the payments'.
6. [verb] Give a guarantee or promise of; 'They stipulated to release all the prisoners'.
7. [verb] Make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force.
