1. a position as an assistant, especially a graduate student position that provides financial support in exchange for teaching or research duties
Usage: academic

Examples

• She received a teaching assistantship to help fund her graduate studies.
• The research assistantship required him to work in the lab twenty hours per week.
• Many PhD students rely on assistantships to cover tuition and living expenses.
• The university offered her a graduate assistantship in the psychology department.
• His assistantship duties included grading papers and leading discussion sections.
• The assistantship provided a monthly stipend plus tuition remission.