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honorarium, stipend
honorarium (ahn" uh RAIR ee uhm) (noun)
The gift of payment for a service in lieu of a specific price for the service: For her speech at the university, the visiting professor was given an honorarium.
stipend (STIGH pend", STIGH puhnd) (noun)
A specified sum of money paid on a periodic basis for services or expenses: Norman received a stipend from his company at the beginning of each year to pay for his housing costs.

Rebekah's contract stated that she would be paid a specific stipend at the end of the year and she was also encouraged to accept an honorarium which the university was offering when she delivered a speech there.

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stipend (s) (noun), stipends (pl)
1. Normally a small amount of money which is paid on a regular basis as a salary or allowance to someone: Steve feels that he is paid too small a stipend for all the work that he does as a writer.
2. Etymology: from Latin stipendium; from stips, "contribution"+ pendere, "to pay."
A fixed allowance paid on regular intervals.
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A regular payment at regular times.
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Word Entries at Get Words: “stipend”
stipend, stipends
A small salary, an allowance, or a minor amount of money that is paid regularly. (1)
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