— stipendless , adj.
/stuy"pend/ , n.
1. a periodic payment, esp. a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
2. fixed or regular pay; salary.
[ 1400-50; late ME stipendie stipendium soldier's pay, syncopated var. of * stipipendium, equiv. to stipi-, comb. form of stips a coin + pend ( ere ) to weigh out, pay (see PEND) + -ium -IUM ]
Syn. 1, 2. See pay . 1