Stipend

Quick meaning: Stipend is a noun meaning Some other form of fixed (and generally small) payment occurring at regular intervals, such as an allowance, a pension, or (obsolete) a tax.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. A scholarship granted to a student.
2. Money which is earned; an income.
3. A one-off payment for a service provided.
4. (transitive, obsolete or historical) To provide (someone) with a stipend (an allowance, a pension, a salary, etc.). [from 16th c.]
5. (archaic) A regular fixed payment made to someone (especially a clergyman, judge, soldier, or teacher) for services provided by them; a salary. [from 15th c.]

Example Sentences

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.

That Stipend is a carnal vveed / He takes but for the faſhion; / And gie him o'er the flock, to feed, / And puniſh each tranſgreſſion; […]

What have I been paying stipend and teind parsonage and vicarage for, ever sin' the aughty-nine, an' I canna get a spell of a prayer for't, the only time I ever asked for ane in my life?

Word Forms

• stipends
• stipending
• stipended

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include subvention, subsidy, salary, wage, scholarship, pay.

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