stipend
To provide with a stipendTo provide (someone) with a stipend (an allowance, a pension, a salary, etc.).
» In some countries, undergraduate students receive a stipend to help pay for living expenses.
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1 senses(historical, obsolete)To provide (someone) with a stipend (an allowance, a pension, a salary, etc.).
Examples
4 sentencesIn some countries, undergraduate students receive a stipend to help pay for living expenses.
We're all on stipends.
Each year, three emerging artists receive a stipend and studio space in the museum to work without interruption for a full year.
Yanni increased Rima's stipend.
Origin
The noun is derived from Late Middle English stipend, stipende (“salary, wage”) [and otherThe 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).
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Forms
stipends, stipending, stipended, stipendedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle