STIPULATING

Verb

stipulating

present participle of stipulate

Source: Wiktionary

STIPULATE

Stip"u*late, a. (Bot.)

Definition: Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.

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

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition