scholarship

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A grant-in-aid to a student.

   “There were proposals to revive choir scholarships, because a shortage of regular choristers meant that weddings often went choirless.”

   “Since I was a teenager I have had to play different characters, negotiating the cultural expectations of a Pakistani family, Brit-Asian rudeboy culture, and a scholarship to private school.”

   “There is a significant investment in scholarships and fellowships and traineeships, so that we are also making sure that we’re investing in domestic work force.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The character or qualities of a scholar.
3. (countable, uncountable)The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar.
4. (uncountable)The sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning.

   “I found the website and found people mingling scholarship with faith – great googly moogly!”

5. (Australia, countable, dated, uncountable)The first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades.

verb

1. (intransitive)To attend an institution on a scholarship.

   “Up from the tenements of the Lower East Side, he had scholarshiped at Cornell and Harvard Law.”

2. (transitive)To grant a scholarship to.

   “In the first year, twenty children were scholarshiped to attend the Kids Across America Kamp in Branson, Missouri.”

   “Judith Lewis is a doctoral student at State University, and she also works full-time as an academic tutor for 10 scholarshiped student athletes.”