Both Uses of
stipend
in
Oliver Twist
- So, she appropriated the greater part of the weekly stipend to her own use, and consigned the rising parochial generation to even a shorter allowance than was originally provided for them.†
Chpt 2
- 'We are forgetting business, ma'am,' said the beadle; 'here is your porochial stipend for the month.'†
Chpt 17 *
Definition:
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(stipend) a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose