Stipulates vs States - What's the difference?

As a verb stipulates

is .

(informal|with definite article) the united states.

(head)

(stipulate)

From (etyl) .

(stipulat)

To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.

To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.

To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.

* stipulated * stipulation * stipulative

(-)

(botany) Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.

* exstipulate

(head)

(head)

(state)

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