stipend

[ stahy-pend ]

/ ˈstaɪ pɛnd /

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

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

Example sentences 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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