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Stipend: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Stipend noun. A fixed regular payment, often to a student, trainee or member of the clergy.
How to say it
STY-pend/ˈstaɪpɛnd/
2 syllables, stressed on the first (STY).
Stipend in a sentence
The research stipend covered the rent and very little else.
The vicar’s stipend has barely risen in a decade.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- allowance
- salary
- grant
- payment
Where stipend comes from
From Latin stipendium, a soldier’s pay, from stips, a small coin, and pendere, to weigh out.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
The vicar’s _____ has barely risen in a decade.
- honorarium
- pittance
- stipend
Show the answer
stipend: The vicar’s stipend has barely risen in a decade.