Dictionary definition · stipulate
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"
- 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
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).