Stipulating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stipulate \Stip"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stipulated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Stipulating}.] [L. stipulatus, p. p. of
     stipulari to stipulate, fr. OL. stipulus firm, fast; probably
     akin to L. stipes a post. Cf. {Stiff}.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]