stipend

[stahy-pend]

noun

a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
fixed or regular pay; salary.

Origin of stipend

1400–50; late Middle English stipendie < Latin stīpendium soldier's pay, syncopated variant of *stipipendium, equivalent to stipi-, combining form of stips a coin + pend(ere) to weigh out, pay (see pend) + -ium -ium

Related formssti·pend·less, adjective

Synonyms for stipend

1, 2. See pay¹.

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Related Words for stipends

salary, wage, fee, gratuity, pension, allowance, hire, pay, award, emolument, consideration, take

Examples from the Web for stipends

Contemporary Examples of stipends

The act gives training, respite care, and stipends to family members who take on the role of long-term caregivers to the wounded.
Michele Bachmann's Attack on Veterans
Laura Colarusso
February 18, 2011
One final note before I move on to more pressing correspondence—Butch and Leon have again neglected my stipends.
John Grisham's Debut Short Story
John Grisham
October 26, 2009

Historical Examples of stipends

The stipends of Methodist ministers in those days were very small.
The Story of My Life
Egerton Ryerson
The stipends of the pastors were also in great part wanting.
The Vaudois of Piedmont
John Napper Worsfold
Maidens' tochers and ministers' stipends are aye less than ca'd.
The Proverbs of Scotland
Alexander Hislop
The stipends of the Master and Usher were not wholly ungenerous.
A History of Giggleswick School
Edward Allen Bell
He abated the stipends of the Captayns, whom they nominate Saniachi.
The Palace of Pleasure
William Painter

British Dictionary definitions for stipends

stipend

noun

a fixed or regular amount of money paid as a salary or allowance, as to a clergyman

Word Origin for stipend

C15: from Old French stipende, from Latin stīpendium tax, from stips a contribution + pendere to pay out

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Word Origin and History for stipends

stipend

early 15c., from Latin stipendium "tax, pay, gift," from stips "alms, small payment" + pendere "weigh" (see pendant).