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bursar

[bur-ser, -sahr] / ˈbɜr sər, -sɑr /


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Make it payable to the bursar instead of the student, and the tax treatment may be completely different.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

"The strike happened two weeks ago," Sister Maria Wehbeh, the school's bursar, who came to assess the damage, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026

That individual then took on the role of an inexperienced school bursar - an administrator - who pretended to not know what was going on.

From BBC ● May 1, 2025

She was also the bursar at the Ryleys school in Alderley Edge, and was very into amateur dramatics, so was part of the Wilmslow Green Room Society.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2020

Obinze told her nothing would happen, suggested she speak to the bursar about getting on a payment plan so that she would at least have taken some action.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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 site of the present seminary was formerly occupied by the gardens and by the college of bursars nicknamed the Robertins.

From Recollections of My Youth by Ernest Renan

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




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