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  • noun Plural form of bursar.

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Examples

  • 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.

    A Short and Winding Road for the Euro 2010

  • She walked to the bursars office, signed Briana Leighs name to the back, and cashed the check.

    Beautiful Disaster Kate Brian 2009

  • VELSHI: One of the things we have talked about in the past is that the abundance of scholarships and bursars and things that are out there that people don't even know about.

    CNN Transcript May 25, 2008 2008

  • VELSHI: One of the things we have talked about in the past is that the abundance of scholarships and bursars and things that are out there that people don't even know about.

    CNN Transcript May 24, 2008 2008

  • While it attracts a handful of whites from poor backgrounds, most of the bursars are from African, coloured and Indian communities.

    Patriotic engineers for 2010 and beyond 2007

  • While it attracts a handful of whites from poor backgrounds, most of the bursars are from African, coloured and Indian communities.

    CONTENTS: 2007

  • The result is a backlash for the independent sector where the battle to control costs is now at the top of the agenda for bursars and school heads.

    Independent schools rewarded for better risk-management Thatsnews 2006

  • To satisfy the lust for money of the bursars of multiple universities, and to mollify, and sometimes even keep cheerful, his two sons, one or the other or both of whom seem to have been a full-time college, graduate, or — gasp!

    TaxProf Blog: 2006

  • We have delayed entering the market until we were confident we had a bespoke solution to the particular needs of bursars and private school heads as well as the backing of a world-class underwriter which understands the schools environment.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Thatsnews 2006

  • We have delayed entering the market until we were confident we had a bespoke solution to the particular needs of bursars and private school heads as well as the backing of a world-class underwriter which understands the schools environment.

    Independent schools rewarded for better risk-management Thatsnews 2006

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