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private schools

private schools is the plural of private school.

Meaning of private school

Noun

private school (plural private schools)

  1. An educational institution that operates independently of government administration or public funding, typically financed through tuition, private donations, or endowments.
    • The Roman Catholic schools comprise the largest group of private schools in Australia. On the basis of the figures available, approximately 222,000 children, or 76 per cent. of the total in private schools, are educated in Roman Catholic schools.1953, Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, Issue 39, page 218

Questions about private schools

What is private schools the plural of?
Private schools is the plural of private school.

Words near private schools in the dictionary

  1. private property
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  3. private property anarchist
  4. private property anarchists
  5. private school
  6. private schools
  7. private sector
  8. private sectors
  9. private ship
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