stipend /ˈstaɪpɛnd/noun 5verb 1forms 3 noun5 •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. •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. — 1579 •A scholarship granted to a student. •(no longer used) 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; […] — 1604 •(no longer used) 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: […] — 1549 verb1 •To provide (someone) with a stipend (an allowance, a pension, a salary, etc.).As well as enjoying links in the royal court, he [Nicolas Fouquet's grandson] was said to stipend some 200 individuals in the city of Paris to spread favourable news stories about himself. — 2002 formsstipended · stipending · stipends
