stipendiary
- adjective
- /stəˈpɪnˌdɛri/
:
salaried
- Many organizations prefer stipendiary positions for their employees to ensure consistent income.
- stipendiary magistrate
Examples
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Secondly, I think the future—and I'm speaking of from now to 10 to 30 years out—there's going to be an increasing number of small Christian communities that will come into existence that do not want to own a building, but want to use unused space; that probably will not have a full-time stipendiary professional clergy person.
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The local council hired four stipendiary officials to manage community services more effectively.
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As a stipendiary teacher, she received a regular salary for her work in the school.
Synonyms
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2.8
Employed and receiving regular pay from a company
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3.4
Paid a regular fixed amount of money for work instead of by the hour
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1.0
Getting money for work you do
Getting paid for work or services
Paid for work or a service
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
A paid professional judge in Britain who deals with minor crimes and police cases
How Paid
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stipendiary comes from the old Latin word stipendium, which means 'pay'. You can see the same root in the English word stipend, so stipendiary means 'paid' or receiving a regular 'pay' rather than being unpaid.