sti·pend

[stahy-pend]
noun
1.
a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
2.
fixed or regular pay; salary.

Origin:
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

sti·pend·less, adjective


1, 2. See pay1.
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stipend (ˈstaɪpɛnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a fixed or regular amount of money paid as a salary or allowance, as to a clergyman
 
[C15: from Old French stipende, from Latin stīpendium tax, from stips a contribution + pendere to pay out]

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Word Origin & History

stipend
early 15c., from L. stipendium "tax, pay, gift," from stips "alms, small payment" + pendere "weigh" (see pendant)
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Example sentences
The stipend is payable during the course of study and during vacation periods
  when members are not on active duty.
The homeless get a monthly stipend from the city and state governments, and
  free food from religious groups.
Part of the conditions for receiving my grad school stipend hinged on my not
  working at another job.
The faculty are given course release time to edit the journal and a small
  stipend.
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