Stipulation, n.
Etymology: [L. stipulatio: cf. F. stipulation.]
1. The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
2. That which is stipulated, or agreed upon; that which is definitely arranged or contracted; an agreement; a covenant; a contract or bargain; also, any particular article, item, or condition, in a mutual agreement; as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops.
3. (Law)
A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain. Bouvier. Wharton.
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Syn. -- Agreement; contract; engagement. See Covenant.
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Stipulation, n.
(Bot.)
The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for stipulation; he lists it under contract.
Where he writes about it:
A stipulation is a single item in an agreement or contract. — from contract