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单词 stipend
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Definition of stipend in English:

stipend

noun ˈstʌɪpɛndˈstaɪˌpɛnd
  • A fixed regular sum paid as a salary or as expenses to a clergyman, teacher, or public official.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Webwatcher program is free for participants, who also receive a stipend to cover expenses.
    • Percentage of departments providing stipends, expense reimbursement, and recognition for participating faculty was between those in the other two groups.
    • The low level of clergy stipends is often justified on the basis that the ‘free house’ that goes with the job is worth an extra £6,000 to £7,000 a year.
    • The rise was ‘three per cent - a percentage in line with the rise in stipends for all clergymen,’ he said.
    • Compared to the other groups, a smaller proportion of departments provided stipends for, or reimbursed the expenses of, faculty participating in international exchanges.
    • Most fellowships do not provide stipends above the salary of a junior faculty member, and there is often nothing in place for the institution to supplement their pay, he says.
    • A major problem for implementing funds of knowledge has been finding resources to provide stipends to teachers, and this study provided the means to do so.
    • He did not restore to the Church the lands confiscated by the revolutionaries, but compensated the clergy by paying their stipends from the coffers of the state, which served to make them even more dependent on the state.
    • The junior doctors are demanding better amenities in all three medical colleges and the dental college, implementation of the senior residency scheme and regular payment of stipends.
    • But if the law is changed to give imperial daughters equal status, there would be rapid growth in the number of imperial houses, each entitled to official residences and stipends.
    • Do the math, and that's just $218,000 to cover salaries, apprentice stipends and all other operating costs.
    • That was before the Church Commissioner equalised the stipends of the clergy.
    • Unions were promised increased health and unemployment payments and social security stipends in return for wage restraint.
    • It might embrace paying the artist a regular stipend or retainer in return for exclusive rights to sell their paintings.
    • The regime raised the stipends of clergy and restored a number of ecclesiastical properties to the orders.
    • The money would be used to establish a facility and offer stipends to twenty to twenty-five fellows each academic year.
    • The fellowship program provides summer stipends for Villanova law students working without pay for public interest organizations.
    • We could go anywhere and have tuition paid while receiving a small stipend to help with living expenses.
    • Usually the farmer will be paid a regular stipend - like a wage - rather than for the produce itself.
    • Other grievances include non-payment of stipends, salary arrears, and a pay freeze for waged workers.
    Synonyms
    salary, wages, wage, pay, earnings, fee, fees, remuneration, take-home pay, gross pay, net pay

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French stipendie or Latin stipendium, from stips 'wages' + pendere 'to pay'.

  • pension from Late Middle English:

    In early use a pension was a payment, a tax, or a regular sum paid to keep someone's loyalty. The word is derived from Latin pendere ‘to pay’, the source also of stipend (Late Middle English). Use of the word to describe an annuity paid to a retired employee has developed since the early 16th century.

 
 

Definition of stipend in US English:

stipend

nounˈstaɪˌpɛndˈstīˌpend
  • A fixed regular sum paid as a salary or allowance.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • That was before the Church Commissioner equalised the stipends of the clergy.
    • The Webwatcher program is free for participants, who also receive a stipend to cover expenses.
    • The rise was ‘three per cent - a percentage in line with the rise in stipends for all clergymen,’ he said.
    • He did not restore to the Church the lands confiscated by the revolutionaries, but compensated the clergy by paying their stipends from the coffers of the state, which served to make them even more dependent on the state.
    • Other grievances include non-payment of stipends, salary arrears, and a pay freeze for waged workers.
    • Unions were promised increased health and unemployment payments and social security stipends in return for wage restraint.
    • The low level of clergy stipends is often justified on the basis that the ‘free house’ that goes with the job is worth an extra £6,000 to £7,000 a year.
    • Percentage of departments providing stipends, expense reimbursement, and recognition for participating faculty was between those in the other two groups.
    • But if the law is changed to give imperial daughters equal status, there would be rapid growth in the number of imperial houses, each entitled to official residences and stipends.
    • It might embrace paying the artist a regular stipend or retainer in return for exclusive rights to sell their paintings.
    • Usually the farmer will be paid a regular stipend - like a wage - rather than for the produce itself.
    • The junior doctors are demanding better amenities in all three medical colleges and the dental college, implementation of the senior residency scheme and regular payment of stipends.
    • A major problem for implementing funds of knowledge has been finding resources to provide stipends to teachers, and this study provided the means to do so.
    • The money would be used to establish a facility and offer stipends to twenty to twenty-five fellows each academic year.
    • Compared to the other groups, a smaller proportion of departments provided stipends for, or reimbursed the expenses of, faculty participating in international exchanges.
    • Most fellowships do not provide stipends above the salary of a junior faculty member, and there is often nothing in place for the institution to supplement their pay, he says.
    • Do the math, and that's just $218,000 to cover salaries, apprentice stipends and all other operating costs.
    • The regime raised the stipends of clergy and restored a number of ecclesiastical properties to the orders.
    • The fellowship program provides summer stipends for Villanova law students working without pay for public interest organizations.
    • We could go anywhere and have tuition paid while receiving a small stipend to help with living expenses.
    Synonyms
    salary, wages, wage, pay, earnings, fee, fees, remuneration, take-home pay, gross pay, net pay

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French stipendie or Latin stipendium, from stips ‘wages’ + pendere ‘to pay’.

 
 
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