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Modus vs Stipend - What's the difference?

modus | stipend |

As nouns the difference between modus and stipend

is that modus is (legal|obsolete) the arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance while stipend is a fixed payment, generally small and occurring at regular intervals; a modest allowance.

As a verb stipend is

to provide (someone) with a stipend.

modus

English

Noun

(modi)
  • (legal, obsolete) The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.
  • (legal) A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, etc.
  • (Henry de Bracton)
  • (legal) A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi .
  • (Blackstone)
  • * Landor
  • They, from time immemorial, had paid a modus , or composition.

    stipend

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a fixed payment, generally small and occurring at regular intervals; a modest allowance
  • My stipend for doing public service is barely enough to cover living expenses.

    Synonyms

    * allowance

    Coordinate terms

    * pocket money

    Derived terms

    * stipendiary

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide (someone) with a stipend.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 122:
  • *:As well as enjoying links in the royal court, he was said to stipend some 200 individuals in the city of Paris to spread favourable news stories about himself.