| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sti·pend |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  st  p nd , -p nd |
| NOUN: | A fixed and regular payment, such as a salary for services rendered or an allowance. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English stipendie, from Old French, from Latin stpendium, soldier's pay, from *stipipendium : stips, stip-, a small payment + pendere, to weigh, pay; see suspend.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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