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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-398/
- Published: 2025-09-10T18:32:16.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-10T18:32:25.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

stipulate (verb, adjective):

*intransitive verb*  
1: to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract  
2: to demand an express term in an agreement —used with for

*transitive verb*  
1: to specify as a condition or requirement (as of an agreement or offer)  
2: to give a guarantee of

*adjective*  
: having stipules (stipule : either of a pair of small, usually leaflike appendages borne at the base of the petiole in many plants)

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stipulate?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Like many terms used in the legal profession, stipulate, an English word since the 17th century, has its roots in Latin. It comes from stipulatus, the past participle of stipulari, a verb meaning “to demand a guarantee (from a prospective debtor).” In Roman law, oral contracts were deemed valid only if they followed a proper question-and-answer format; stipulate was sometimes used specifically of this same process of contract making, though it also could be used more generally for any means of making a contract or agreement. The “to specify as a condition or requirement” meaning of stipulate also dates to the 17th century, and is the sense of the word most often encountered today.

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