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 grant covered living stipends for 36 UW-Madison students who received mentorship and worked as special education teachers in MPS classrooms while earning their master's degrees in the subject.
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Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Yup, health care benefits can dwarf stipends.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
Russia and China, which have the second and fifth most Olympic wins, provide retirement stipends or pensions to their Olympians, the Wall Street Journal reported.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
More information about the project, stipends and the submission process can be found here.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2026
Incentives will include sign-on bonuses, relocation assistance and rural service stipends for health care professionals not already covered by the state’s rural assistance program, such as nurses, doctors and physician assistants.
—Makenzie Huber, States Newsroom, 20 Jan. 2026
During session, lawmakers use the per-diem stipends to pay for things like hotels or apartments in Des Moines, as well as gas when traveling to and from the Capitol.
—Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 9 Jan. 2026
The government has also offered some relief in the form of $7-a-month stipends that can be used in grocery stores to buy basic necessities.
—Joe Walsh, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
The Patrol Union had initially asked for a 30 percent pay raise, as well as stipends to help patrollers buy gear and insurance.
—Kylea Henseler, Outside, 9 Jan. 2026
Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Yup, health care benefits can dwarf stipends.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
Russia and China, which have the second and fifth most Olympic wins, provide retirement stipends or pensions to their Olympians, the Wall Street Journal reported.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
More information about the project, stipends and the submission process can be found here.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2026
Incentives will include sign-on bonuses, relocation assistance and rural service stipends for health care professionals not already covered by the state’s rural assistance program, such as nurses, doctors and physician assistants.
—Makenzie Huber, States Newsroom, 20 Jan. 2026
During session, lawmakers use the per-diem stipends to pay for things like hotels or apartments in Des Moines, as well as gas when traveling to and from the Capitol.
—Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 9 Jan. 2026
The government has also offered some relief in the form of $7-a-month stipends that can be used in grocery stores to buy basic necessities.
—Joe Walsh, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
The Patrol Union had initially asked for a 30 percent pay raise, as well as stipends to help patrollers buy gear and insurance.
—Kylea Henseler, Outside, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stipends
Noun
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For example, governor, judicial and legislative salaries are Category A, which must be funded.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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Analysts at the Bank of America Institute have warned that recent productivity gains are accumulating on the profit side of the ledger, while wages and salaries gradually take up a smaller slice of the GDP.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The kicker is 20 per cent lower wages for most of them, compared to if United were in the Champions League.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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In bargaining both sides remain stuck on just cause provisions, AI and wages, according to union organizers.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Pullman was president of the over 15,000-member State Police union from 2012 until his resignation in 2018, during which time Lynch worked as a lobbyist representing the union in exchange for monthly retainer payments.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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Several whistleblowers from Maryland’s Department of Human Services alleged a troubling scheme to deliberately leave correctable errors uncorrected in SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) payments, artificially keeping the error rate high to delay federal penalties.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Stipends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stipends. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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