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Regular fixed sum of money paid for services or to defray expenses

A stipend is a regular fixed sum of money paid for services or to defray expenses, such as for scholarship, internship, or apprenticeship. It is often distinct from an income or a salary because it does not necessarily represent payment for work performed; instead it represents a payment that enables somebody to be exempt partly or wholly from waged or salaried employment in order to undertake a role that is normally unpaid or voluntary, or which cannot be measured in terms of a task. A paid judge in an English or Welsh magistrates' court was formerly termed a "stipendiary magistrate", as distinct from the unpaid "lay magistrates". In 2000, these were respectively renamed "district judge" and "magistrate". Wikipedia →

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📖 Definitions

Noun A regular fixed payment made to someone (especially a clergyman, judge, soldier, or teacher) for services provided by them; a salary.

Noun Some other form of fixed (and generally small) payment occurring at regular intervals, such as an allowance, a pension, or a tax.

Noun Some other form of fixed (and generally small) payment occurring at regular intervals, such as an allowance, a pension, or a tax.

Noun A scholarship granted to a student.

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