stipend

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
stipend
    n 1: a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for
         some specific purpose
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stipend \Sti"pend\, n. [L. stipendium; stips, gen. stipis, a
   gift, donation, given in small coin + pendere to weigh or pay
   out.]
   Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily,
   monthly, or annually.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stipend \Sti"pend\, v. t.
   To pay by settled wages. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "stipend":
      account, aid, alimony, allotment, allowance, annuity, assessment,
      assistance, award, bill, blackmail, blood money, bounty,
      compensation, consideration, depletion allowance, dole, earnings,
      emolument, fee, fellowship, financial assistance,
      financial support, footing, grant, grant-in-aid,
      guaranteed annual income, help, hire, hush money, income,
      initiation fee, mileage, old-age insurance, pay, payment,
      pecuniary aid, pension, price support, public assistance,
      public welfare, reckoning, recompense, relief, remittance,
      remuneration, retainer, retaining fee, retirement benefits, reward,
      salary, scholarship, scot, subsidization, subsidy, subvention,
      support, tax benefit, tribute, welfare, welfare aid,
      welfare payments
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