stipend

/ˈstaɪpend/ (bre, ipa) · [stˈaɪpənd] /ˈstaɪpend/ (ame, ipa) · [stˈaɪpənd] /ˈstī-ˌpend How to pronounce stipend (audio) -pənd/ (ame, mw)

stipend — noun

  • stipendsingular
  • stipendsplural

1. a fixed payment someone receives at regular times, often to help with study, tra

1.名詞C1
釋義

a fixed payment someone receives at regular times, often to help with study, training, or living costs rather than to serve as full job pay

例句

Constanza receives a small stipend each month during her museum internship.

receive a monthly stipend during training

The research center gave Samir a housing stipend while he trained in Taipei.

stipend for housing costs

同義詞
  • allowance

    can be regular support money, but it is broader and often less formal

  • grant

    often paid for a project or need rather than as a regular living payment

  • salary

    standard pay from an employer for ongoing work, usually fuller and more job-based

  • honorarium

    payment for one service or event, not usually a repeating support payment

文法句型

receive / get / pay + a stipend

a stipend + for + living costs

monthly / travel / housing + stipend

用法筆記

Often used for money that supports study, training, or a special role rather than ordinary employee pay. Distinguish from sense 2: this sense can describe many kinds of regular support, not specifically a priest's church income.

常見錯誤

❌The cafe paid Leo an hourly stipend for weekend shifts.
✅The cafe paid Leo hourly wages for weekend shifts.
💡A stipend is usually a fixed support payment, not pay calculated by the hour.
❌Mina won a stipend to study medicine overseas.
✅Mina won a scholarship to study medicine overseas, with a stipend for living costs.
💡A stipend is the regular support payment, not the whole study award.

2. money that a church in the UK pays regularly to a priest as part of the priest's

2.名詞C2
釋義

money that a church in the UK pays regularly to a priest as part of the priest's support and work income

例句

The village church paid the priest's stipend from gifts left after Sunday services.

priest's stipend

When the parish merged, Christopher's stipend was reviewed by church leaders.

同義詞
  • salary

    general word for job pay; it does not specifically point to church income

  • allowance

    can mean a regular payment, but it lacks the clergy and church setting of stipend

文法句型

the priest's stipend

a stipend + from + the church

review / raise + a stipend

用法筆記

Usually appears in British church contexts with words such as priest, parish, bishop, and church. Distinguish from sense 1: this meaning is tied to clergy work in the UK, not to student or training support.

常見錯誤

❌The priest received a stipend from the city hospital.
✅The priest received a salary from the city hospital.
💡In this sense, stipend refers specifically to church income, not ordinary pay from another employer.