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Paying for the Extras

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Definition: Sundries are the miscellaneous charges for a variety of activities and services the school provides your child. They can include laundry and book charges, music lessons, boarding for your horse, riding lessons, field trips, ESL lessons and so on. In short the school will bill you monthly for any expenses not covered by its tuition charges.

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Pronunciation: SUN-dreez
Also Known As: Miscellaneous charges, variable expenses, incidental expenses
Examples:
The school will bill you monthly for sundries charged by your child. These sundry expenses will be itemized for your convenience. This Schedule of Fees (Madeira School) is typical of the kind of billing a school might send you.

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