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burse

burse

9.8
Money given to a student to help pay for study
  • noun
  • /bɜrs/
  • Archaic
translation icon : beca
  • The university offers a burse each year to outstanding students from low-income families.

Examples

  • Winning the burse allowed her to focus on her research without financial worries.

  • She received a burse to study abroad.

  • After applying to several programs, he was delighted to receive a burse for his studies.

  • Many students apply for a burse each year.

  • The university offers a burse each year to outstanding students from low-income families.

  • After applying to several programs, he was delighted to receive a burse for his studies.

  • Winning the burse allowed her to focus on her research without financial worries.

Synonyms

scholarship
vsburse
340 2.8

Money given to a student to help pay for education, often for good grades

is a student grant that need not be based on academic merit
financial aid
vsburse
55 2.6

Money or support that helps people pay for school and living costs

is limited to student education grants rather than wider support
financial backing
vsburse
4 3.1

Money given to help a project, business, or person

is specifically a student education grant not general project funding
bursary
vsburse
  • UK
1 4.2

Money given to a student to help pay for school or college

is a general student grant term covering several types

How Much

fellowship
  • Specialized
50 6.0
grant
324 3.5
scholarship
340 2.8
burse
  • Archaic
9.8

Surface Forms

burse singular
burses plural

Etymology

Burse meaning a student grant comes from the same Latin root bursa 'purse', and you can see the idea in words like bursary and bursar. So a burse is money put into a student's 'purse' to help pay for study.