stipulation

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin stipulārī Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin stipulātiōbor. English stipulation Borrowed from Latin stipulātiō.

1. The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
2. Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement.

   “The stipulations of the contract won't allow you to do that.”

   “If I lend you my car, my only stipulation is that you fill up the gas tank before returning it.”

3. The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
4. A goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.