as in salaries
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 stipends
The other category payments include bonus incentives, settlements, vacation or sick leave buybacks, stipends, and reimbursements for expenses like mileage or uniforms, according to the city dataset.
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Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
Trustees have yet to take a final vote on how to reduce the $181 million deficit, but with campus staff cuts, elementary arts programming and teacher stipends on the list of proposals, community members' swift backlash may foreshadow difficult conversations to come.
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026
Anticipating deep cuts to funding for student stipends and training, institutions were forced to reduce or even cancel graduate student admissions for the year.
—Nara Parameswaran, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Not sure the substitute teaching stipends could match that.
—Jay Paris, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
Anika Agrawal, a member of the union’s bargaining team and a PhD student studying natural resources and the environment, said that the rise in fees would negate any increase in stipends the students had received over the last few years.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
About 90% of Heart Village residents were relocated ahead of construction and promised $10,000 stipends, though about a dozen say they were instead served eviction notices, The Star reported in 2021.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2026
In November, a panel voted to increase legislative pay to $54,900 from $47,500 and hike stipends for over a dozen legislative leaders.
—Barbara Hoberock, Oklahoma Voice, 19 Mar. 2026
New documents show more than 70,000 people have departed under the initiative, known as Project Homecoming, which provides free flights and stipends of up to $2,600 to those who return to their home countries.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
Trustees have yet to take a final vote on how to reduce the $181 million deficit, but with campus staff cuts, elementary arts programming and teacher stipends on the list of proposals, community members' swift backlash may foreshadow difficult conversations to come.
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026
Anticipating deep cuts to funding for student stipends and training, institutions were forced to reduce or even cancel graduate student admissions for the year.
—Nara Parameswaran, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Not sure the substitute teaching stipends could match that.
—Jay Paris, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
Anika Agrawal, a member of the union’s bargaining team and a PhD student studying natural resources and the environment, said that the rise in fees would negate any increase in stipends the students had received over the last few years.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
About 90% of Heart Village residents were relocated ahead of construction and promised $10,000 stipends, though about a dozen say they were instead served eviction notices, The Star reported in 2021.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2026
In November, a panel voted to increase legislative pay to $54,900 from $47,500 and hike stipends for over a dozen legislative leaders.
—Barbara Hoberock, Oklahoma Voice, 19 Mar. 2026
New documents show more than 70,000 people have departed under the initiative, known as Project Homecoming, which provides free flights and stipends of up to $2,600 to those who return to their home countries.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stipends
Noun
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Under the distribution deal, employee salaries can’t be charged to the movie.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
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Board members rejected some ideas, such as one by Board member Nora Rupert to slash the salaries of School Board members and district administrators by 10%.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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This cost is nominally shared between employers and employees, but workers bear the real burden through both paycheck deductions and forgone wages.—
Jordan Bruneau,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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Before investing millions more yen in robotic experiments, the next policy response might be to meaningfully lift wages as part of a broader effort to restore dignity and status to the work itself.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The goal, according to agency officials, is to collect payments faster and reduce the number of accounts sent to collections.—
Joshua Sidorowicz,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Apple expanded its business and offered new services, becoming intertwined with fitness, payments and entertainment.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Stipends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stipends. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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