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apprenticeship

[ uh-pren-tis-ship ]

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noun

a program or position in which someone learns a trade by working under a certified expert:
The course provides students with a good base for securing apprenticeships in the plumbing and gasfitting industries.
the state or position of any learner or novice:
His apprenticeship in political struggle was gained in the Spanish Civil War.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of apprenticeship¹

apprentice ( def ) + -ship ( def )

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He's sitting A-levels this summer, before taking a year out to decide between an apprenticeship or university.

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The separate apprentice rate,, external which applies to eligible people under 19 - or those over 19 in the first year of an apprenticeship increased by the same amount.

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The apprenticeship rate, which applies to eligible people under 19 or those over 19 in the first year of an apprenticeship, will increase by the same amount.

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Efan, 18, is hoping to take up an apprenticeship rather than go to university.

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Daisy, however, plans to go away to study an apprenticeship but wants to return to the island's RAF's base at Valley, where Prince William was stationed.

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