stipend

noun

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

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

Related forms

sti·pend·less, adjective

Synonyms
1, 2. See pay¹.

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stipend (ˈstaɪpɛnd)

—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.