noun
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
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑school
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direct-grant school noun
(until 1979) a fee-paying school that received a state grant on condition that it took a specified number of non-fee-paying pupils
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Main Entry: ↑direct
Useful english dictionary. 2012.