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SCHOLARSHIP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
encyclopaedism; encyclopedism; eruditeness; erudition; learnedness; learning; scholarship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("scholarship" is a kind of...):
education (knowledge acquired by learning and instruction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scholarship"):
letters (scholarly attainment)
Derivation:
scholar (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("scholarship" is a kind of...):
aid; assistance; economic aid; economic assistance; financial aid; financial assistance (gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause)
award; prize (something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery)
Derivation:
scholar (someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs)
scholar (a student who holds a scholarship)
Context examples:
The house of other people’s money—where Saturn and Pluto currently reside, and that will welcome Jupiter on December 2—also rules a different type of money: taxes, student loans and scholarships, credit cards, bank loans, mortgages, inheritances, prize winnings, valuable gifts, and insurance payouts, as some examples.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The eighth house rules venture capital, commissions, bonuses, licensing fees, royalties, insurance payouts, bank loans, lines of credit, inheritances, mortgages, child support, scholarships and university student aid, and other such money that comes to you outside of salary.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
If you want to go back to the university for more studies, apply for financial aid or a scholarship, and don’t assume you would never get it—you are holding all the aces.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The area of your life that will be accented will be other people’s money—commissions, royalties, cash advances, gifts, insurance payouts, bonuses, venture capital, scholarships and university financial aid, mortgages and bank loans, inheritances, and money like that.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Specifically, you will do well in one or more of these areas—by a payment of commission, royalty, cash advance, licensing fee, bonus, or such outside sources as an inheritance, insurance claim payment, scholarship or university financial aid, bank loan or line of credit, venture capital, credit card, mortgage or refinanced mortgage, divorce or court settlement, or prize winnings.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)