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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

The bursar was an elderly, irritable man who became more irritable when he discovered he had to give money to me rather than the other way around.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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 Renan, Ernest

The five pound bursars were privileged in paying half fees; and if he could only get some teaching, he could manage.

From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George




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