stipend English · revision 852

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈstaɪpɛnd/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a shortening of [[inh|enm|stipendie]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[bor|la|stīpendium|t=tax, tribute; soldier's pay]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from ''*stipipendium'', [[af|la|stips|pendere|t1=small payment, alms|t2=to weigh, pay]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) The first element may originally have meant a stalk or some other object used in payments.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The pay of a soldier, and a salary or fixed periodical payment to a clergyman, teacher or official (1432–50 in the OED; 1444–46 in Barnhart).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 16th century the word was used generally of wages and of any fixed periodical payment, such as a pension or allowance (1545).^(OED 1989) It was especially applied to the pay of clergy, judges and teachers,^(Wiktionary)^(OED 1989) and in modern use often means a scholarship or fellowship allowance for a student.^(RHWU)^(MW Collegiate) A ''stipendiary'' magistrate is a paid one, as distinct from unpaid justices.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1425 – ''stipendy''.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1432–50 – a soldier's pay; a salary.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1490 – verb, to pay as a reward.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1545 – any fixed periodic payment.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A fixed, regular payment, such as a salary for services or an allowance, especially to a clergyman or a student.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[stipendless]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[stipendiary]]

+ * [[pension]]

+ * [[salary]]

+ * [[spend]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}