Added 9 October 2026
stipend
/ˈstaɪpɛnd/ noun
In Latin: stipendium Wiktionary
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- A regular fixed payment made to someone (especially a clergyman, judge, soldier, or teacher) for services provided by them; a salary. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
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Some other form of fixed (and generally small) payment occurring at regular intervals, such as an allowance, a pension, or a tax.
My stipend for doing public service is barely enough to cover living expenses.
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Some other form of fixed (and generally small) payment occurring at regular intervals, such as an allowance, a pension, or a tax.
My stipend for doing public service is barely enough to cover living expenses.
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Origin
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.
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