A stipend is a fixed amount of money given to someone regularly for a specific purpose or as payment for work. It is like a salary or allowance that is provided to cover expenses or compensate for services rendered. Full definition
But that law makes no mention of stipends for Senate committee vice chairmen and vice chairwomen, like the three independent Democrats. (nytimes.com)
They will do so tuition - free, and with stipends for living expenses, thanks to the gift for fellowships from the Wallace Foundation, among others. (harvardmagazine.com)
A faction of breakaway Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference has been in the news lately for receiving stipend payments for chairing committees that the Senators in fact did not chair. (wxxinews.org)