specify

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The buyer they specify which is the buyer making the offer that they accept must close on it and this is always stated in the approval letter.

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  1. transitive verb To state explicitly or in detail: specified the amount needed.
  2. transitive verb To include in a specification.
  3. transitive verb To state as a condition: specified that they be included in the will.

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  1. Middle English specifien, from Old French specifier, from Late Latin specificāre, from specificus, specific; see specific.

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  1. from Middle English specyfyen, specifien, from Old French specifier, especifier, French spécifier = Provencal Spanish Portuguese especificar = Italian specificare = Dutch specificeren = German specificiren = Swedish specificera = Danish specificere, from Middle Latin specificare, make specific, mention specifically, from specificus, specific, particular: see specific.
 

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/ˈspɛsɪfai/
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