Stipend, n.
Etymology: [L. stipendium; stips, gen. stipis, a gift, donation, given in small coin + pendere to weigh or pay out.]
Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually.
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Stipend, v. t.
To pay by settled wages. [R.]
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for stipend; he lists it under pay.
Where he writes about it:
Stipend has become exclusively a literary word. — from pay
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