DIRECT-GRANT SCHOOL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formerly a school that charged tuition fees and also received government grants in return for admitting certain non-paying students who were nominated by the local authorities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("direct-grant school" is a kind of...):

school (an educational institution)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

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