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- DictionarySti·pend/ˈstīˌpend/
noun
- 1. a fixed regular sum paid as a salary or allowance.
an amount of money that is paid regularly to someone, especially for work or training that is usually unpaid: An $80-a-month stipend covers each volunteer's personal expenses. In addition to their regular salaries, the coaches receive a stipend of up to $6,000 a year. an annual / monthly stipend.
Stipend definition: a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.. See examples of STIPEND used in a sentence.
an amount of money that is paid regularly to someone, especially for work or training that is usually unpaid: An $80-a-month stipend covers each volunteer's personal expenses. In addition to their regular salaries, the coaches receive a stipend of up to $6,000 a year. an annual / monthly stipend.
A stipend is a regular fixed sum of money paid for services or to defray expenses, such as for scholarship, internship, or apprenticeship.
Coming from the Latin stipendium, which means “tax, pay, or gift,” the noun stipend is defined as a regular, unchanging payment usually given as reward for services, but sometimes given as an allowance with no services or expectations attached.
stipend. noun. /ˈstaɪpend/. /ˈstaɪpend/. (formal) an amount of money that is paid regularly to somebody, especially a priest, as wages or money to live on. a monthly stipend. (especially North American English) a summer internship with a small stipend.
1. a periodic payment, esp. a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student. 2. fixed or regular pay; salary. [1400–50; late Middle English stipendie < Latin stīpendium soldier's pay, syncopated variant of *stipipendium = stipi-, comb. form of stips a coin + pend (ere) to weigh out, pay + -ium -ium 1]
