schol·ar·ship

schol·ar·ship
/ˈskɑːlɚˌʃıp/ noun, pl -ships
1 [count] : an amount of money that is given by a school, an organization, etc., to a student to help pay for the student's education

She got/received/won a scholarship to Yale University.

The organization is offering five $5,000 scholarships.

He is going to college on a football scholarship. [=a scholarship offered for his ability to play football]

She is attending college on a full scholarship. [=a scholarship that pays fully for a student's tuition]

2 [noncount] : serious formal study or research of a subject

The essay is a work of serious scholarship.

standards of academic scholarship

The book is about his life and scholarship.

biblical/literary scholarship


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