stipend

C2+ Topic:Money & Finance

US /ˈstaɪpɛnd/ UK /ˈstaɪpɛnd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a fixed regular payment, especially an allowance or salary

The fellowship comes with a modest monthly stipend.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a fixed regular payment,... allowance salary wage payment remuneration emolument pension

Word family

Derived forms stipendiary

Related forms stipendiary

Simplified etymology

Stipend, recorded from the late Middle English period, comes from Latin pendere, meaning “to pay” or “to weigh.”

Etymology

From Latin 'stipendium', a tax, soldier's pay, from 'stips' (a small coin, contribution) plus 'pendere' (to weigh out, pay).

stipendium Latin pendere Latin

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Money & Finance

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# stipend

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈstaɪpɛnd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈstaɪpɛnd/

## Meanings
1. a fixed regular payment, especially an allowance or salary

## Examples
- The fellowship comes with a modest monthly stipend.

## Synonyms
- allowance
- salary
- wage
- payment
- remuneration
- emolument
- pension

## Derived Forms
- stipendiary

## Related Forms
- stipendiary

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: stipendium
- Root: pendere

## Etymology
From Latin 'stipendium', a tax, soldier's pay, from 'stips' (a small coin, contribution) plus 'pendere' (to weigh out, pay).

## AI Etymology
Stipend is from Latin 'stipendium', a tax, soldier's pay, from 'stips' (a small coin, contribution) plus 'pendere' (to weigh out, pay). Important recorded forms include stipendium (Latin) and pendere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a fixed regular payment, especially an allowance or salary. The wider family includes derived forms such as stipendiary and related words such as stipendiary.

## Topics
- Money & Finance

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