stipend
pronunciation
How to pronounce stipend in British English:
UK [ˈstaɪpend]
How to pronounce stipend in American English:
US [ˈstaɪˌpɛnd, -pənd]
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- Noun:
- a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose
Word Origin
- stipend
- stipend: [15] Latin stīpendium denoted a ‘tax’ or ‘levy’. It was a compound noun formed from stips ‘payment, donation’ and pendere ‘weigh, pay’. It subsequently shifted in meaning to ‘wages, salary’, and particularly ‘soldier’s pay’, both of which passed into English via Old French stipende.=> pendant, pendulum, spend
- stipend (n.)
- early 15c., "periodical payment; soldier's pay," from Latin stipendium "tax, impost, tribute," in military use "pay, salary," from stips "alms, small payment, contribution of money, gift" + pendere "weigh" (see pendant). According to Klein's sources, the first element is related to Latin stipes "log, stock, trunk of a tree" (see stipe). As a verb from late 15c.
Example
- 1. A small stipend will be paid to the successful candidate .
- 2. Those in britain get a small state stipend , as well as retirement contributions .
- 3. Among the benefits are priority in school enrollment and a monthly stipend of $ 9 .
- 4. The primary education stipend is given to parents of 4.8 million children from deprived households in return for sending their kids to school , at a rate of about $ 1.76 per child per month .
- 5. His family also disowned him , cutting off his $ 7 million yearly stipend .