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stipendiary

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sti⋅pen⋅di⋅ar⋅y

  [stahy-pen-dee-er-ee] adjective, noun, plural -ar⋅ies.
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–adjective
1. receiving a stipend; performing services for regular pay.
2. paid for by a stipend: stipendiary services.
3. pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend.
–noun
4. a person who receives a stipend.
Origin:
1535–45; < L stīpendiārius, equiv. to stīpendi(um) stipend + -ārius -ary
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sti·pen·di·ar·y   (stī-pěn'dē-ěr'ē)   
adj.  

  1. Receiving a stipend.

  2. Compensated by stipend: stipendiary services.

n.   pl. sti·pen·di·ar·ies
A recipient of a stipend.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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