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
By her second semester on campus, Natalia was promoted to managing editor, which came with a small stipend.
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Megan Greenwell, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
According to the National Institutes of Health, cash stipends disbursed during the first year of a child’s life are associated with greater cognitive development.
—Keisha Browder, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
Currently, the childcare stipend is capped per household rather than per child — a limitation that doesn’t reflect the true cost of care.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
The document asserted that payments to athletes—such as NIL deals and revenue-sharing stipends—should be subject to the same gender equity requirements as athletic scholarships.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 June 2025
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Megan Greenwell, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
According to the National Institutes of Health, cash stipends disbursed during the first year of a child’s life are associated with greater cognitive development.
—Keisha Browder, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
Currently, the childcare stipend is capped per household rather than per child — a limitation that doesn’t reflect the true cost of care.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
The document asserted that payments to athletes—such as NIL deals and revenue-sharing stipends—should be subject to the same gender equity requirements as athletic scholarships.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stipend
Noun
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But using a trade exception, which allows a team to acquire a player in a trade even if their salary would otherwise put the team over the salary cap or the team is already over the salary cap, hard caps teams at the first apron.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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Just this year, Marner will collect $9.45 million of the $15 million coming between the signing bonus and salary.—
Tyler Small,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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After the regime's move in late 2023 to raise official wages tenfold, the average worker now earns about 30,000 North Korean won—less than $4—per month, analysts say.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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The German signed a new deal — his current one — helping to spread his wages over more years.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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“Stipend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stipend. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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