Stipend Definition

stīpĕnd, -pənd
stipends
noun
A regular or fixed payment for services, as a salary.
Webster's New World
Any periodic payment, as a pension or allowance.
Webster's New World
The definition of a stipend is a sum of money paid at regular intervals.
An example of a stipend is a small sum of money paid to a graduate teaching assistant by the school to cover living expenses.
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verb
(now rare) To provide (someone) with a stipend.
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Other Word Forms of Stipend

Noun

Singular:
stipend
Plural:
stipends

Origin of Stipend

  • Middle English stipendie from Old French from Latin stīpendium soldier's pay from stipipendium stips stip- a small payment pendere to weigh, pay suspend

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French stipende.

    From Wiktionary

Stipend Sentence Examples

  • A stipend, ranging from 5000 francs a year to 250 francs, was attached to each grade of the institution.

  • Students will receive a tax-free stipend of 12,000 Euro per year.

  • The Fellow will receive a stipend of £ 9000.

  • We will pay a monthly stipend of £ 200 equiv local currency.

  • An Act of Assembly of 1753 declares pactions simoniacal whereby a minister or probationer before presentation and as a means of obtaining it bargains not to raise a process of augmentation of stipend or demand reparation or enlargement of his manse or glebe after induction.

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Words Starting With

SSTSTI

Words Ending With

DNDEND

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Words Starting With S and Ending With D

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