sti·pend (st  p nd , -p nd)n. A fixed and regular payment, such as a salary for services rendered or an allowance. [Middle English stipendie, from Old French, from Latin st pendium, 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]
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| Noun | 1. | 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.
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