DIRECT-GRANT SCHOOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does direct-grant school mean? 

• DIRECT-GRANT SCHOOL (noun)
  The noun DIRECT-GRANT SCHOOL has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: DIRECT-GRANT SCHOOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIRECT-GRANT SCHOOL (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)