stipulate

英 ['stɪpjʊleɪt] 美['stɪpjulet]

• vi. 规定；保证
• vt. 规定；保证
• adj. 有托叶的

1. 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"

2. give a guarantee or promise of;

"They stipulated to release all the prisoners"

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