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Webster 1913 Edition


Stipend

Sti′pend

,
Noun.
[L.
stipendium
;
stips
, gen.
stipis
, a gift, donation, given in small coin +
pendere
to weigh or pay out.]
Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually.

Sti′pend

,
Verb.
T.
To pay by settled wages.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Stipend

STIPEND

,
Noun.
[L., a piece of money; to pay.] Settled pay or compensation for services, whether daily or monthly wages; or an annual salary.

STIPEND

,
Verb.
T.
To pay by settled wages.

Definition 2024


stipend

stipend

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.

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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

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)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin stipendium

Noun

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

  1. a scholarship (grant, as above)

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