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stipend

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sti⋅pend

  [stahy-pend]
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–noun
1. a periodic payment, esp. a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
2. fixed or regular pay; salary.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME stipendie < L stīpendium soldier's pay, syncopated var. of *stipipendium, equiv. to stipi-, comb. 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 pay 1 .
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sti·pend   (stī'pěnd', -pənd)   
n.  A fixed and regular payment, such as a salary for services rendered or an allowance.

[Middle English stipendie, from Old French, from Latin stīpendium, soldier's pay, from *stipipendium : stips, stip-, a small payment + pendere, to weigh, pay; see suspend.]
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