• (a.) Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf. • (v. i.) To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/stipulate/
[v] - give a guarantee or promise of 2. [v] - specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement 3. [v] - make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force, in Roman Law Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=stipulate