Private school

//ˈpɹaɪvɪt ˈskuːl// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An educational institution that operates independently of government administration or public funding, typically financed through tuition, private donations, or endowments.

    "1953, Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, Issue 39, page 218, 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."

  2. 2
    a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition wordnet

Etymology

From private + school.

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