stipend

Meanings

Plural: stipends

Noun

a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose
A regular fixed payment made to someone (especially a clergyman, judge, soldier, or teacher) for services provided by them; a salary.
Some other form of fixed (and generally small) payment occurring at regular intervals, such as an allowance, a pension, or (obsolete) a tax.
A scholarship granted to a student.
Money which is earned; an income.
A one-off payment for a service provided.

Verb

To provide (someone) with a stipend (an allowance, a pension, a salary, etc.).

Origin / Etymology

The 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).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Cognates
* Italian stipendio
* Portuguese estipendio
* Spanish estipendio

Scrabble Score: 10

stipend is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
stipend is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stipend is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

stipend is a valid Words With Friends word