stipulation

Etymology

From Latin stipulātiō.

noun

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.
   The acts authorising the subsequent Underground lines would include a stipulation that cheap early morning fares be provided, and the Cheap Trains Act of 1883 would standardise the terms for all railways. 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, page 47
3. (botany) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
4. (chess) A goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.