stipend
stipend
Definition
sti·pend (stī′pənd, -pend′)
noun
- a regular or fixed payment for services, as a salary
- any periodic payment, as a pension or allowance
Etymology: ME stipende < L stipendium, tax, impost, tribute, contr. < *stipipendum < stips, small coin or a contribution in small coin (< ?) + pendere, to hang, weigh out, pay: see pendant
stipend
Synonyms
stipend
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- receive: The Fellow will receive a stipend of £ 9000.
- pay: These usually pay a stipend, plus the payment of all tuition fees.
- carry: Support Costs Each bursary carries a stipend of £ 150 per week, plus a total of £ 500 to cover research expenses.
- provide: These provide a small stipend for a period of up to 8 weeks in the summer vacation.
- increase: The increase in tuition fees will even counteract the efforts made to increase the stipend for postgraduate research degrees.
- include: Eligible costs include a stipend for the resident artist, plus up to £ 2,000 for costs associated with the artist's activity.
Adjective modifier
- tax-free: Students will receive a tax-free stipend of 12,000 Euro per year.
- pensionable: The pensionable stipend will be pro rata to £ 35, 670 for a full-time post.
- ministerial: Acting on behalf of Assembly, Mission Council set the basic ministerial stipend for 1999 at £ 15,600.
- yearly: In addition he received a yearly stipend for supervising a national lottery.
- monthly: We will pay a monthly stipend of £ 200 equiv local currency.
- enhanced: NERC are paying an enhanced stipend, for U.K. students only, starting at £ 16,000 per year.
Modifies a noun
- payment: The studentships will cover 50 % of the UK fees and also provide a stipend payment.
- level: At that stage, NERC should work with the other councils to maintain a common minimum stipend level.
Noun used with modifier
- clergy: On my clergy stipend, need I mention that we won't be qualifying for the top rate of interest?
- studentship: Funding of students Students are paid stipends based on the Wellcome Trust's own studentship stipend scale [ PDF 14KB ] .
- maintenance: Please note: A maintenance stipend will not be paid by the Graduate School.
- travel: For projects requiring less than one month's research at the Center, a travel stipend of $ 750 may be given.
Possessives
- minister: The minister's stipend is £ 230, derived solely from the seat-rents.
Preposition: of
- minister: The stipend of the minister is £ 250, with a manse, built in 1813.
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