Definitions
1.nounThe act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
2.nounSomething that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement."If I lend you my car, my only stipulation is that you fill up the gas tank before returning it."
3.nounThe situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
4.nounA goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.