stipend

C2+ Topic:Money & Finance

US /ˈstaɪpɛnd/ UK /ˈstaɪpɛnd/ See IPA manual

noun

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1

noun
a fixed regular payment, especially an allowance or salary

The fellowship comes with a modest monthly stipend.

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Synonyms

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

Word family

Derived forms stipendiary

Related forms stipendiary

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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# 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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