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stipend

American  
[stahy-pend] / ˈstaɪ pɛnd /

noun

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

  2. fixed or regular pay; salary.

stipend British  
/ ˈstaɪpɛnd /

noun

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

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Related Words

See pay 1.

Other Word Forms

  • stipendless adjective

Etymology

Origin of stipend

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” ( pend ) + -ium noun suffix ( -ium )

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