a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
fixed or regular pay; salary.
Origin of stipend
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English stipendie, from Latin stīpendium “soldier's pay,” syncopated variant of *stipipendium, equivalent to stipi-, combining form of stips a coin + pend(ere) “to weigh out, pay” (see pend) + -ium noun suffix (see -ium)
Local jurisdictions often pay poll workers a stipend via check for participation.
Old Navy will pay employees to work at voting polls on Election Day|Rachel King|September 1, 2020|Fortune
I applied for a nine-week certified nursing program but deregistered because I could not wait nine weeks to receive my first stipend.
What I learned from 5 years of cleaning airplanes in the middle of the night|matthewheimer|August 30, 2020|Fortune
Employee benefits are transforming in interesting ways From 401k to educational stipends, employers have changed a number of offerings to retain and attract staff in trying times.
Research: Only 25 percent of professionals expect to be working from home long-term|DailyPay|August 17, 2020|Digiday
Councilman Chris Cate then joined Lewis to discuss his proposals for helping families, who are now expected to co-teach more intensively, with tax credits and stipends.
Morning Report: The Criminal Justice World Changed After This Police Shooting|Voice of San Diego|July 30, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The Organization now hides him and provides him with a stipend for his work.
An Iraqi Group Helping Women and Gays Is Receiving Death Threats|Jacob Siegel|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Saudi Arabian government paid for her tuition in addition to a $1,800 stipend for personal expenses.
Saudi Beauty Says She Robbed Banks for Her Mafia Lover|Caitlin Dickson|May 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
People living off base are given a stipend to cover their housing costs.
The U.S. Military Is a Socialist Paradise|Jacob Siegel|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My aunt Sadie, God bless her, gave us some kind of a stipend that kept us alive.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview|Alex Belth|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At 19, I had a $100 stipend (it may have been a lot less than that, it fact) from which I lived.