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STIPEND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("stipend" is a kind of...):
regular payment (a payment made at regular times)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stipend"):
prebend (the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon)
Derivation:
stipendiary (pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend or allowance)
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