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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

I couldn’t wait for Monday morning, to march back to school and hand the money directly to the school bursar.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda

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

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

The Board of Education recognises the following grades of men and women teachers in public elementary schools: pupil teachers, bursars and student teachers, uncertificated teachers, and certificated teachers.

From Women Workers in Seven Professions by Edith J. Morley




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