bursary
Americannoun
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Ecclesiastical. the treasury of a monastery.
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British. a college scholarship.
noun
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Also called: bursarship. a scholarship or grant awarded esp in Scottish and New Zealand schools, universities etc
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the treasury of a college, etc
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the bursar's room in a college
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Etymology
Origin of bursary
1530–40; < Medieval Latin bursāria treasurer's room, derivative of bursārius a treasurer. See bursar, -y 3
Example Sentences
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This work was supported by the Antarctic Science International Bursary, the U.S.
From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2026
The author set up the Nicholls Arts Bursary to help support two undergraduates who want to take a theatre studies course at Bristol.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024
Bursary recipients will be means-tested, based primarily on household income criteria.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2021
In the immediate aftermath, GSA established a Phoenix Bursary scheme to help students affected by the fire to recreate lost work.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2014
The first and most-serious-but-one ordeal in the life of Robert Chalmers Fordyce—so Robert Chalmers himself informed me years afterwards—was the examination for the Bursary which he gained at Edinburgh University.
From The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton by Hay, Ian
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