bursar
- noun
- /ˈbɜr.sər/
- When I needed to pay my tuition, I went to see the bursar to arrange my payment.
- Estates Bursar
- Domestic Bursar
Examples
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"Skander will be associate headmaster and continue as bursar, as well as teaching a section of geometry."
Fiction book (1999) -
I have to pay my deposit at the bursar's office, not at the psychology building.
Blog text (14) -
So I talked to the bursar this morning and she ended up taking the cash.
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The Bursar never makes mistakes about money, unless it's for tax purposes.
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In early March, the bursar asked me to withdraw until the outstanding balance on my tuition bill was paid.
Fiction book (1994) -
I'm the bursar here.
Fiction book (2001) -
"The Ugly American came close to winning," the Bursar commented at the end of the award-giving rites.
Fiction book (1994) -
When Julia found her first junior semester paid off, she wrangled long with the campus bursar to cancel the payment and make it herself.
Fiction book (1999) -
According to the Bursar's Office, the UWM tuition rate for full-time non-residents is $18,915.12 for the 2012 academic year.
Blog text (27) -
Balliol had the traditional college model of an Estates Bursar, who administered the College's investments in equity and property, and a Domestic Bursar, who handled the internal arrangements of the College, including its conferences, kitchen, staff, and "fabric" (maintenance and construction).
Academic text (1999)
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word bursar comes from the old Latin word bursa, which means 'purse' or 'money bag'. So a bursar is the person who looks after a college's money, like the keeper of the 'purse'.