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stipend

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sti·pend  (stpnd, -pnd)
n.
A fixed and regular payment, such as a salary for services rendered or an allowance.
[Middle English stipendie, from Old French, from Latin stpendium, soldier's pay, from *stipipendium : stips, stip-, a small payment + pendere, to weigh, pay; see suspend.]
stipend [ˈstaɪpɛnd]
n
(Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a fixed or regular amount of money paid as a salary or allowance, as to a clergyman
[from Old French stipende, from Latin stīpendium tax, from stips a contribution + pendere to pay out]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.stipend - a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose
regular payment - a payment made at regular times
prebend - the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon
stipend
noun grant, award, subsidy, allowance, donation, endowment, allocation, benefaction Olympic probables receive a stipend of £6000 of lottery money a year.
Translations
stipend [ˈstaɪpend] N → salario m, estipendio m
stipend [ˈstaɪpɛnd] n
(mainly British) [vicar, magistrate] → traitement m
stipend
n (esp Brit: for official, clergyman) → Gehalt nt; (US: for student) → Stipendium nt
stipend [ˈstaɪpɛnd] n → congrua
stipend [ˈstaɪpɛnd] n → congrua


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The stipend arising hence would hardly have indulged the schoolmaster in the luxuries of life, had he not added to this office those of clerk and barber, and had not Mr Allworthy added to the whole an annuity of ten pounds, which the poor man received every Christmas, and with which he was enabled to cheer his heart during that sacred festival.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
The fact is, they have no other attraction or reason for keeping the field than a trifle of stipend, which is not sufficient to make them willing to die for you.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
Fleming, who had been headmaster for the quarter of a century, was become too deaf to continue his work to the greater glory of God; and when one of the livings on the outskirts of the city fell vacant, with a stipend of six hundred a year, the Chapter offered it to him in such a manner as to imply that they thought it high time for him to retire.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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