noun
condition
A requirement that must be met.
The loan has a condition requiring regular payments.
Etymology
The Latin noun can name an agreed term. This sense preserves the stipulation itself: something that must hold before an arrangement or outcome can proceed.
More examples
- She accepted the job on one condition.
- Several conditions must be met before work starts.
- They agreed to the revised conditions.
Forms
condition · conditions
Similar words
- requirement
- Something that must be satisfied.
- stipulation
- A condition expressly stated in an agreement.