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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A treasury, especially of a public institution or religious order.
  • noun Chiefly British A scholarship granted to a university student in need.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The treasury of a college or monastery.
  • noun 2 In the universities and colleges of Scotland, a grant of money for a short period of years, obtained by a student, usually by competitive examination, to enable him to prosecute his studies.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The treasury of a college or monastery.
  • noun A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as in Scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his studies.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A monetary award to university students that allows them to continue their studies.
  • noun dated The treasury of a religious order or public institution.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the treasury of a public institution or religious order

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Medieval Latin bursāria, from bursa, purse; see bursa.]

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  • scholarship granted to a university student in need

    September 2, 2009