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Encyclopedia > Stipend

A stipend is a form of payment or salary, such as for an internship or apprenticeship. Stipends are usually lower than what would be expected as a permanent salary for similar work. This is because the stipend is complemented by other benefits such as accreditation, instruction, work experience, food, accommodation, and personal satisfaction. Universities usually refer to money paid to graduate research assistants as a stipend, rather than as wages, to reflect complementary benefits. An intern is one who works in a temporary position with an emphasis on education rather than merely employment, making it similar in some respects to an apprenticeship. ... Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of skilled crafts practitioners, which is still popular in some countries. ...


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Stipend - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (113 words)
A stipend is a form of payment or salary, such as for an internship or apprenticeship.
Stipends are usually lower than what would be expected as a permanent salary for similar work.
This is because the stipend is complemented by other benefits such as instruction, work experience, food, accommodation, and personal satisfaction.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Stipend (1072 words)
A stipend is a fixed pay, salary; retribution for work done; the income of an ecclesiastical living.
Stole fees (jura stolæ), or perquisites received on the occasion of the administration of the sacraments or sacramentals, are not in the nature of stipends.
Stipends for the application of Masses were originally intended for the daily maintenance of the celebrant.
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