stipend
Americannoun
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a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
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fixed or regular pay; salary.
noun
Related Words
See pay 1.
Other Word Forms
- stipendless adjective
Etymology
Origin of stipend
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English stipendie, from Latin stīpendium “soldier's pay,” syncopated variant of *stipipendium, equivalent to stipi-, combining form of stips a coin + pend(ere) “to weigh out, pay” ( pend ) + -ium noun suffix ( -ium )
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Example Sentences
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He has also created a new award: Whoever comes up with the most effective AI-driven process wins a vacation stipend worth several thousand dollars.
The death comes amid a difficult economic climate in the heavily indebted west African country, where students have protested the thorny issue of stipend arrears for several years.
From Barron's
Russia and China both provide retirement stipends or pensions to their Olympians.
EU lawmakers could employ assistants with the monthly staffing stipend the parliament gave them -- which was 21,379 euros in 2024, he said.
From Barron's
He offered cash stipends of $7 a month to alleviate their hardship.
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