stipendiary meaning

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stipendiary (adjective): pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend or allowance.

stipendiary has 4 meanings in this dictionary, as adjective and noun.

stipendiary as an adjective

  1. pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend or allowance
    • stipendiary funds

    Related forms: stipend

  2. receiving or eligible for compensation
    • salaried workers
    • a stipendiary magistrate

    Synonyms: compensated, remunerated, salaried

    Similar: paid

  3. for which money is paid
    • a paying job
    • remunerative work
    • salaried employment
    • stipendiary services

    Synonyms: compensable, paying, remunerative, salaried

    Similar: paid

stipendiary as a noun

  1. (United Kingdom) a paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases

    Synonyms: stipendiary magistrate

    Type of: magistrate

Scrabble score: 17 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with ST · words ending in RY · 11-letter words

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