as in salary
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
the stipend you'll receive as an intern will just barely cover your housing costs
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Recent Examples of stipend
There is a heavier emphasis on skill development in the CHL, where teams pay players stipends.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Schools sometimes take graduate tuition, and normally pay student stipends, from the same grants that are now at risk.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
Highland Police officers who’ve left the department will have to wait until the Town Council’s next meeting before they’ll be allowed to get their residency stipend retroactive to January 1, 2024.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
The schools got an extended school day, and district leaders offered stipends to entice the most effective teachers to come work at those campuses.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Feb. 2025
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Schools sometimes take graduate tuition, and normally pay student stipends, from the same grants that are now at risk.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
Highland Police officers who’ve left the department will have to wait until the Town Council’s next meeting before they’ll be allowed to get their residency stipend retroactive to January 1, 2024.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
The schools got an extended school day, and district leaders offered stipends to entice the most effective teachers to come work at those campuses.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stipend
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“Stipend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stipend. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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