an amount of money that is paid regularly to somebody, especially a priest, as wages or money to live on (尤指神职人员的)生活津贴,薪俸;献仪 a monthly stipend 月俸 - (especially North American English)
a summer internship with a small stipend 薪水微薄的暑期实习 The church pays him an annual stipend of $17 000. 教会每年付给他17 000美元的津贴。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French stipendie or Latin stipendium, from stips ‘wages’ + pendere ‘to pay’.