Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STIP-U-LA'TION, n. [Fr. from L. stipulatio.]

1. The act of agreeing and covenanting; a contracting or bargaining.
2. An agreement or covenant made by one person with another for the performance or forbearance of some act; a contract or bargain; as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops.
3. In botany, the situation and structure of the stipules. – Martyn.