Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Receiving a regular payment for services: Describes a person who receives a fixed, regular payment, typically a salary or stipend, for their work or position.
   • Involving or requiring payment: Describes work, services, or a position for which money is paid.

2. Noun:

   • A person who receives a stipend or salary: Someone whose services are remunerated with a regular payment.
   • (UK, specific) A stipendiary magistrate: A professional, paid magistrate appointed to deal with cases, especially in police courts.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • The position is stipendiary, offering a fixed annual salary and benefits.
  • He transitioned from a volunteer role to a stipendiary one within the organization.

• Noun:

  • The stipendiary presented the findings of the inquiry.
  • The case was heard before a stipendiary magistrate in London.

Advanced Usage

• "stipendiary magistrate": A specific term in British law for a professional, salaried magistrate with legal qualifications, as opposed to an unpaid lay magistrate (Justice of the Peace).
  • The complex fraud case was referred to a stipendiary magistrate.

Variants and Related Words

• Stipend (n): A fixed regular sum paid as a salary or allowance.
  • She receives a monthly stipend for her research work.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Salaried, remunerated, paid.
• Noun: Salaried worker, paid official.

Antonyms

• Adjective: Unpaid, voluntary, honorary.

Adjective

1. for which money is paid
   • a paying job
   • remunerative work
   • salaried employment
   • stipendiary services
2. receiving or eligible for compensation
   • salaried workers
   • a stipendiary magistrate
3. pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend or allowance
   • stipendiary funds

Noun

1. (United Kingdom) a paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases