Stipend vs Salary - What's the difference?
stipend | salary |
a fixed payment, generally small and occurring at regular intervals; a modest allowance
To provide (someone) with a stipend.
*2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 122:
*:As well as enjoying links in the royal court, he was said to stipend some 200 individuals in the city of Paris to spread favourable news stories about himself.
A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually measured on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.
* Shakespeare
* 1668 July 3rd, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.
As nouns the difference between stipend and salary
is that stipend is a fixed payment, generally small and occurring at regular intervals; a modest allowance while salary is a fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually measured on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.As verbs the difference between stipend and salary
is that stipend is to provide (someone) with a stipend while salary is to pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.As an adjective salary is
saline.stipend
English
(wikipedia stipend)Noun
(en noun)- My stipend for doing public service is barely enough to cover living expenses.
Synonyms
* allowanceCoordinate terms
* pocket moneyDerived terms
* stipendiaryVerb
(en verb)salary
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(salaries)- This is hire and salary , not revenge.
page 547
- Andrew Hou?toun'' and ''Adam Mu?het'', being Tack?men of the Excize, did Imploy ''Thomas Rue'' to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound ''Sterling for a year.