stipend

[ stahy-pend ]
/ ˈstaɪ pɛnd /

noun

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

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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

SYNONYMS FOR stipend

1, 2 See pay1.

OTHER WORDS FROM stipend

sti·pend·less, adjective

Words nearby stipend

stinky pinky, stinnes, stint, stipe, stipel, stipend, stipendiary, stipes, stipitate, stipitiform, stipo
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Words related to stipends

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

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British Dictionary definitions for stipends

stipend
/ (ˈstaɪpɛnd) /

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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