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Noun: scholarship  'skó-lu(r),ship
  1. Financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit
    "She won a full scholarship to study engineering"
     
  2. Profound scholarly knowledge
    "His scholarship on ancient civilizations impressed his colleagues";
    - eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism [Brit]

Derived forms: scholarships

Type of: aid, assistance, award, economic aid, economic assistance, education, financial aid, financial assistance, prize

Encyclopedia: Scholarship