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,... allowancesalarywagepaymentremunerationemolumentpension Word family Derived forms stipendiary Related forms stipendiary Etymology AI details From Latin 'stipendium', a tax, soldier's pay, from 'stips' (a small coin, contribution) plus 'pendere' (to weigh out, pay). stipendium Latin pendere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Money & Finance External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown