A
stipend is a form of
salary, such as for an
internship or
apprenticeship. It is often distinct from a
wage or a salary because it does not necessarily represent payment for work performed; instead it represents a payment that enables somebody to be exempt partly or wholly from waged or salaried employment in order to undertake a role that is normally unpaid (e.g. a
magistrate in
England) or , or which cannot be measured in terms of a task (e.g. members of the
clergy).