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Topic: SCHOOL

public school

 noun
     
public school [countable]
1SES in Britain, a private school for children aged between 13 and 18, whose parents pay for their education. The children often live at the school while they are studying [↪ state school]
2SES a free local school, especially in the US and Scotland, controlled and paid for by the government [↪ private school]
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