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
The hospital reached an agreement with the University Health Professionals Local 3837 to extend the stipends for a year after earlier this month announcing the immediate cut of 50% of those stipends, causing outcry from nurses.
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Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
Created in 1993, AmeriCorps is a federal agency focused on national service that provides stipends to volunteers who respond to various local, state and national challenges.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 5 June 2025
Vasquez told Barber to make sure this is addressed in the department’s 2026 budget request this summer so the stipends won’t continue next year.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
All students receive a teaching assistant package, which includes a stipend, tuition waiver and health insurance benefits.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
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Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
Created in 1993, AmeriCorps is a federal agency focused on national service that provides stipends to volunteers who respond to various local, state and national challenges.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 5 June 2025
Vasquez told Barber to make sure this is addressed in the department’s 2026 budget request this summer so the stipends won’t continue next year.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
All students receive a teaching assistant package, which includes a stipend, tuition waiver and health insurance benefits.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stipend
Noun
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On the other hand, the club also intends to bring salaries and fees down to a more sustainable level.—
Manuel Veth,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Raise salaries, diminish contractual obligations to teach, include the expenses of laboratory instruction and add the depreciation of expensive buildings — all factors in the sciences — and tuition becomes wholly inadequate to cover even the cost of instruction.—
Clifford Ando,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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This begs a clear question of training providers, employers, and governments: What if your workforce investment strategy was judged not by how many people enrolled, but by how many got hired with better wages after completing it?—
Jason Wingard,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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The move was meant to shore up financial support for assisted living facilities, encouraging them to raise wages for in-demand caregivers.—
Cleo Krejci,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
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“Stipend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stipend. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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