stipend

[ stahy-pend ]
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noun
  1. a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.

  2. fixed or regular pay; salary.

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Origin of stipend

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English stipendie, from 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 noun suffix (see -ium)

synonym study For stipend

1, 2. See pay1.

Other words from stipend

  • sti·pend·less, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for stipend

stipend

/ (ˈstaɪpɛnd) /


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

Origin of stipend

1
C15: from Old French stipende, from Latin stīpendium tax, from stips a contribution + pendere to pay out

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