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

[ Syn: qualify , condition , specify ]

give a guarantee or promise of; They stipulated to release all the prisoners'

make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force