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Stipend vs Expense - What's the difference?

stipend | expense |

As nouns the difference between stipend and expense

is that stipend is a fixed payment, generally small and occurring at regular intervals; a modest allowance while expense is a spending or consuming often specifically an act of disbursing or spending funds.

As verbs the difference between stipend and expense

is that stipend is to provide (someone) with a stipend while expense is to charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.

stipend

English

(wikipedia 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.

    • expense

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia expense) (en noun)
  • A spending or consuming. Often specifically an act of disbursing or spending funds.
    • She went to great expense to ensure her children would get the best education.
    Buying the car was a big expense , but will be worth it in the long run.
    We had a training weekend in New York, at the expense of our company.
  • * , Sonnet 44:
    • Husband nature's riches from expense .
  • That which is expended, laid out, or consumed. Sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls.
    • Jones reached the final at the expense of Jones, who couldn´t beat him.
  • (obsolete) Loss.
  • * , Sonnet 30:
    • And moan the expense of many a vanished sight.

    Synonyms

    * (that which is expended) cost, charge, outlay, disbursement, expenditure, payment

    Derived terms

    * expense account

    Verb

  • To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.
    • It should be acceptable to expense a business lunch with a client.

    Derived terms

    * expense magazine, (Military):'' a small magazine containing ammunition for immediate use. - Henry Lee Scot ''Military Dictionary ----