A stipend is a fixed sum of money paid to someone at regular times — monthly, or once a term — to help them live while they do something that is not exactly a normal job. That last part is the key.

A stipend is a fixed sum of money paid to someone at regular timesstipend 是定期付給某人的一筆固定金額 — monthly, or once a term按月，或每學期一次 — to help them live用來幫助他們生活 while they do something that is not exactly a normal job同時做的事並不算是正常的工作。 That last part那最後一點 is the key才是關鍵。

A wage or a salary is payment for work done. A stipend is more like support: it lets you keep going.

A wage or a salary工資或薪水 is payment for work done是做完工作後拿到的報酬。 A stipend is more like supportstipend 比較像是一種支持： it lets you keep going讓你能繼續撐下去。

Graduate students get a stipend while they study and do research; trainees, interns, and people doing a fellowship get one; and in older or church use, a priest or minister receives a stipend. It is usually modest — enough to live on, not to get rich on — and that expectation is built into how the word feels.

Graduate students get a stipend while they study and do research研究生在做研究、讀書期間會領 stipend； trainees, interns, and people doing a fellowship get one受訓者、實習生和拿獎助金做研究的人也會領； and in older or church use, a priest or minister receives a stipend而在較舊的用法或教會裡，神父或牧師領的也叫 stipend。 It is usually modest金額通常不多 — enough to live on, not to get rich on夠生活但不會讓你變有錢 — and that expectation is built into how the word feels這種預期本身就內建在這個字的語感裡。

People often use it exactly to signal 'this is not a real salary, don't imagine it is generous.' In modern company English it has stretched a bit: a 'wellness stipend' or 'home-office stipend' means a set allowance the company gives you each month for a particular purpose. That is now common, though a careful writer might call it an allowance.

People often use it exactly to signal大家用這個字常常就是要傳達 'this is not a real salary, don't imagine it is generous.'「this is not a real salary, don't imagine it is generous」（這不是正式薪水，別以為金額很大方）。 In modern company English it has stretched a bit在現代公司英文裡，這個字的用法擴張了一點： a 'wellness stipend' or 'home-office stipend'「wellness stipend」或「home-office stipend」 means a set allowance the company gives you each month for a particular purpose指公司每個月為特定用途發給你的一筆固定津貼。 That is now common這種用法現在很普遍， though a careful writer might call it an allowance不過講究用詞的人可能會稱它為 allowance。

The word is somewhat formal; you would not say it about your ordinary monthly pay from a shop or an office.

The word is somewhat formal這個字算是偏正式； you would not say it about your ordinary monthly pay from a shop or an office你不會拿它來稱呼店裡或辦公室發的一般月薪。