bursarnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbɜː.sər/us/ˈbɝː.sɚ/the person in a college or university (in the UK also a school), who deals with its financial affairs
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accounting
- accountancy
- accountant
- accounting
- accounts
- arrears
- auditor
- balance
- bill
- capital
- capital gains
- costing
- expenditure
- false accounting
- fraudulent accounting
- FRS
- GAAP
- housekeeping
- imprest
- loss
- square
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Schools in general
Examples from literature
- Other officers are the vice-master, the bursar or treasurer, lecturers, assistant-lecturers, assistant-tutors, four chaplains, and the librarian.
- Since you are bursar for the lunch, said the secretary, I will buy the ferry tickets, and he did so.
- You are quite sure there are no omissions here? asked the Duke of the bursar.