English

Noun

stipend ‎(plural stipends)

1. A scholarship granted to a student.
2. a fixed payment, generally small and occurring at regular intervals; a modest allowance

   My stipend for doing public service is barely enough to cover living expenses.

Synonyms

• allowance

Coordinate terms

• pocket money

Derived terms

• stipendiary

Translations

Verb

stipend ‎(third-person singular simple present stipends, present participle stipending, simple past and past participle stipended)

1. (now rare) To provide (someone) with a stipend.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 122:

     As well as enjoying links in the royal court, he was said to stipend some 200 individuals in the city of Paris to spread favourable news stories about himself.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin stipendium

Alternative forms

• stipendium

Noun

stipend n ‎(definite singular stipendet, indefinite plural stipend or stipender, definite plural stipenda or stipendene)

1. a scholarship (grant made to support a student's education)

References

• “stipend” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin stipendium

Noun

stipend n ‎(definite singular stipendet, indefinite plural stipend, definite plural stipenda)

1. a scholarship (grant, as above)

References

• “stipend” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.