scholarship

What it means

1. countableuncountableA 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.

   2013, Stuart Wolfendale, Imperial to International, page 192

   2 more examples

   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.

   2016 September 15, Riz Ahmed, “Typecast as a terrorist”, in The Guardian

   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.

   2021 May 18, Catie Edmondson, quoting Debbie Altenburg, “Senate Weighs Investing $120 Billion in Science to Counter China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2021

   Synonyms: allowance, grant, stipend, subsidy, bursary, fellowship

2. countableuncountableThe character or qualities of a scholar.
3. countableuncountableThe activity, methods or attainments of a scholar.

   Synonyms: scholarly method

In a sentence

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

2013, Stuart Wolfendale, Imperial to International, page 192

Where it comes from

1. Proto-Indo-European*seǵʰ-
2. Proto-Hellenic*skʰolā́
3. Ancient Greekσχολή (skholḗ)
4. Latinschola
5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
7. Late Latinscholāris
8. Old Englishscōlere
9. Middle Englishscolere
10. Englishscholar
11. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
12. Englishscholarship

From scholar + -ship.