bursaries

Variant of bursary

bursary definition

bur·sary (bʉr′sə rē)

noun pl. bursaries -·ries

  1. a treasury, esp. of a college
  2. in Scotland and Canada, a university scholarship

Etymology: ML bursaria < bursarius: see bursar

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