bursar
noun
a treasurer or business officer, especially of a college or university.
bursars
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pluralof bursar.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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English prompted Kay to draft a detailed plan for a device that would produce text and graphics on a display screen, which sprung a budget of $230,000 from PARC’s tight-fisted bursars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2020
As they prepare to raise their fees again, bursars at some of Britain's top public schools have explained that the cost of complying with Health and Safety regulations is partly to blame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2010
With money a paramount subject at all colleges this year, pedagogs last week took special interest in the cases of two bad bursars.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Board of Education recognises the following grades of men and women teachers in public elementary schools: pupil teachers, bursars and student teachers, uncertificated teachers, and certificated teachers.
From Women Workers in Seven Professions by Edith J. Morley
Buttery and kitchen books were adding up their sums total; bursars were preparing for battels;* witless men were cramming for —- * Battels are the accounts of the expenses of each student.
From Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Cuthbert Bede
