stipend

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stipend

/ˈstaɪpɛnd/ UK
/-pn̩d/ UK
/ˈstaɪˌpɛnd/ Canada, US
/-pənd/ Canada, US
/ˈstɑe̯pend/ Australia
[ˈstɑe̯pend] New Zealand

Where it comes from

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.

Cognates

* Italian stipendio

* Portuguese estipêndio

* Spanish estipendio

noun stipends

archaic A regular fixed payment made to someone (especially a clergyman, judge, soldier, or teacher) for services provided by them; a salary. He ſent for Ariſtotle (the greateſt Philoſopher in his time, & beſt learned) to teach his ſonne, vnto vvhom he gaue honorable ſtipend.
broadly Some other form of fixed (and generally small) payment occurring at regular intervals, such as an allowance, a pension, or (obsolete) a tax. My stipend for doing public service is barely enough to cover living expenses.
broadly A scholarship granted to a student.
obsolete Money which is earned; an income. And that knights competency you haue gotten / VVith care and labour: he vvith luſt and idleneſſe / VVill bring into the ſtypend of a begger; […]
obsolete A one-off payment for a service provided. ["H]e [Jesus] vvas man, he took upon him our ſins;" Not the vvork of ſin, I mean not ſo, not to do it, not to commit it, but to purge it, to cleanſe it, to bear the ſtipend of it: […]

verb stipends · stipending · stipended

historical, obsolete, transitive To provide (someone) with a stipend (an allowance, a pension, a salary, etc.). I, Sir, am a Phyſician, and am ſtipended in this Iland to bee ſo to the Gouernours of it: and I am much more carefull of their health, then of mine ovvn; ſtudying night & day, and vveighing the complexion of the Gouernour, that I may hit the better vpon the curing him, vvhenſoeuer hee falls ſicke: [

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: subvention, subsidy, salary, wage, scholarship, pay, bursary, annuity, bourse, gratuity, award, allocation, allocate, allotment, compensation, dole

Translations

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noun regular fixed payment made to someone for services provided by them — see also salary

Español	estipendio, salario, semanada
한국어	봉급 bonggeup, 급료 geumnyo, 수당 sudang
हिन्दी	वृत्तिका vŕttikā
Português	estipêndio
Français	rente, pension, solde, salaire
Deutsch	Stipendium, Besoldung, Gehalt
Italiano	stipendio, onorario, paga, paghetta, salario
Ελληνικά	μισθός misthós
Русский	посо́бие posóbije

noun scholarship granted to a student — see also scholarship

Français	bourse
Русский	стипе́ндия stipéndija

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@misc{stipend_2026,
  title = {stipend},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stipend},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}