Giving and transferring

Synonyms for stipend

The synonym for stipend recorded in this bank is allowance, in the sense "a fixed regular sum paid as an allowance". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for stipend

allowancenoun, in the sense "a fixed regular sum paid as an allowance"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and stipend carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineGiving and transferring

a fixed regular sum paid as an allowance

Graduate students receive a modest stipend to cover living expenses while they teach.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

allowance

Same sentence, swapped: Graduate students receive a modest allowance to cover living expenses while they teach.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for stipend in the sentence quoted.

workload
curriculum
deadline

Where stipend turns up in the game

stipend is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where stipend is the trap

windfallnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is bonanza, in the sense "an unexpected and often substantial sum of money", and stipend is on the board beside it.

Play stipend

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so stipend reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Closest first: other giving and transferring words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

recallverb, nounwithdrawcause to be returnedTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line subsidynoungranta sum of money granted to help with a costTreelineHas a reason line substituteverbexchangeput in the place of anotherTreelineHas a reason line grantverbyieldbe willing to concedeTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line gratuitynountipmoney given in appreciation of good service, a tipFoothillsHas a reason line grudginglyadverbreluctantlyin a reluctant, unwilling manner, as if forcedTreelineHas a reason line milestonenounlandmarka significant point or event in the passage of timeTreelineHas a reason line mingleverbcirculateto move among people at a social gathering, talking with different individuals.TreelineHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. stipend carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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