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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

While her unlikely role as the quiet bursar to anti-immigration organizations has been previously reported, her motivation and engagement in the immigration issue remained largely hidden.

From New York Times Aug. 14, 2019

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

Nor must it be forgotten that education up to college age is free to junior county scholars and to bursars, who also receive small grants towards maintenance.

From Women Workers in Seven Professions by Edith J. Morley

These prices are taken from the Preciosum of Bishop Fleetwood, who took them from the accounts kept by the bursars of convents.

From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh




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