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
Whether in the form of lump-sum payments, monthly stipends, or a mix of cash and baby supplies, baby bonuses have been backed by governments around the world for decades.
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Rachel Cohen, Vox, 29 Apr. 2025
The organization provides stipends for Clifford Davis teachers to attend the program to help with translation, and breakfast and lunch are also provided to those in attendance.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
The monthly stipends equate to about 40% of total monthly household expenditures in their communities.
—Jan Priebe, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
The termination of the visa jeopardizes her ability to continue working at the university, puts her monthly stipend at risk, and could ultimately result in deportation.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
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Rachel Cohen, Vox, 29 Apr. 2025
The organization provides stipends for Clifford Davis teachers to attend the program to help with translation, and breakfast and lunch are also provided to those in attendance.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
The monthly stipends equate to about 40% of total monthly household expenditures in their communities.
—Jan Priebe, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
The termination of the visa jeopardizes her ability to continue working at the university, puts her monthly stipend at risk, and could ultimately result in deportation.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stipend
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The effort also aims to improve staff retention and recruitment at a time when hiring enough teachers can prove challenging — especially in an expensive city where the rising cost of having a family outpaces a teacher’s salary.—
Jenny Gold,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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Forbes also consults news reports and salary databases such as Capology, Over the Cap and Spotrac.—
Brett Knight,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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The cost of living, including health care and housing, continues to rise, and wages have not risen consistently at the same pace.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 May 2025
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The policies that the governor tried to reopen included cuts to restaurant workers’ wages, an expansion of charter schools, and privatizing the state’s last-resort insurer for workers’ compensation.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
10 May 2025
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“Stipend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stipend. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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