stipend.

A regular fixed payment supporting study, training, or a particular appointment.

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Words that belong together

• research stipend
• monthly stipend

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The stipend covered basic living costs but little else.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Singular stipend; plural stipends. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, description. Commonness: moderately common.