stipend

[ stahy-pend ]

/ ˈstaɪ pɛnd /

noun

a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.

fixed or regular pay; salary.

Nearby words

stinky pinky, stinnes, stint, stipe, stipel, stipend, stipendiary, stipes, stipitate, stipitiform, stipo

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.

Related forms

sti·pend·less, adjective

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Examples from the Web for 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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
If those that withold the duty of the Kirk, wherethrough Ministers want their stipends, may be excommunicate?
History of Civilization in England, Vol. 3 of 3|Henry Thomas Buckle
The stipends of the Masters were raised by means of a gratuity and William Brigge received £30.
A History of Giggleswick School|Edward Allen Bell

The stipends out of the house amounted, I learned, to nearly as much as the cost within, or to about 30l.
A Morning's Walk from London to Kew|Richard Phillips
The Laird of Pittarrow was appointed to pay the ministers' stipends, according to their modification.
The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland|John Knox
The clergy receive their stipends, not as a salary, but as the payment of a debt due to them by the State.
The Religious Persecution in France 1900-1906|Jane Milliken Napier Brodhead

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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