stipend

CEFRC1

/ˈstaɪpɛnd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A regular payment for work or study.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A scholarship granted to a student.

Examples

  • In some countries, undergraduate students receive a stipend to help pay for living expenses.

  • My stipend for doing public service is barely enough to cover living expenses.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /-pənd/
  • /-pn̩d/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Some other form of fixed (and generally small) payment occurring at regular intervals, such as an allowance, a pension, or (obsolete) a tax.

  2. A regular fixed payment made to someone (especially a clergyman, judge, soldier, or teacher) for services provided by them; a salary.

  3. Money which is earned; an income.

More examples

In context

  • Yanni increased Rima's stipend.

  • For Cynthia doth in ſciences abound, / And giues to their profeſſors ſtipends large.

  • He ſent for Ariſtotle (the greateſt Philoſopher in his time, & beſt learned) to teach his ſonne, vnto vvhom he gaue honorable ſtipend.

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Origin

noun

The noun is derived from Late Middle English stipend, stipende (“salary, wage”) [and other forms], from Old French stipende, stipendie, from Latin stīpendium (“contribution; dues; impost, tax; tribute; military pay or stipend; military service”), from *stipipendium, *stippendium, from stips (“alms; contribution, donation, gift”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyp- (“erect; stiff”)) + pendere (the present active infinitive of pendō (“to cause to hang down or suspend; to weigh, weigh out; (hence) to pay”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin; to stretch”)) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Italian stipen...