Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fixed and regular payment, such as a salary for services rendered or an allowance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fixed periodical allowance or payment; settled or fixed pay; salary; pay; specifically, in Scotland, the salary paid to a clergyman; the income of an ecclesiastical living.
- noun Synonyms Pay, etc. See
salary . - To pay by settled stipend or wages; put upon or provide with a stipend. Shelton, tr. of Don Quixote, xlvii.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To pay by settled wages.
- noun Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a fixed payment, generally small and occurring at regular intervals; a modest
allowance - verb To provide (someone) with a stipend.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Maybe the cloud of smoke I puff through my burnished pipe courtesy of my luxurious Ivy League stipend is clouding my vision.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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They'll-get-you-coming-and-going, from his Grove entry: Apart from [his appointment as Abbot of] Löpsingen, he had three sources of income — a stipend from the Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in Rome, the abbacy of San Stefano in Carrara, near Padua, and a provostship in the Rhenish town of Seltz.
Archive 2009-03-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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Maybe the cloud of smoke I puff through my burnished pipe courtesy of my luxurious Ivy League stipend is clouding my vision.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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Maybe the cloud of smoke I puff through my burnished pipe courtesy of my luxurious Ivy League stipend is clouding my vision.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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Maybe the cloud of smoke I puff through my burnished pipe courtesy of my luxurious Ivy League stipend is clouding my vision.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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Maybe the cloud of smoke I puff through my burnished pipe courtesy of my luxurious Ivy League stipend is clouding my vision.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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The a single some-more fabric along a corner is a join stipend for a side corner of a shade.
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The a single some-more fabric along a corner is a join stipend for a side corner of a shade.
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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Maybe the cloud of smoke I puff through my burnished pipe courtesy of my luxurious Ivy League stipend is clouding my vision.
Megan Doherty: My Walking Tour With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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Maybe the cloud of smoke I puff through my burnished pipe courtesy of my luxurious Ivy League stipend is clouding my vision.
Megan Doherty: My Walking Tour With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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