From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishschool-leaverˈschool-ˌleaver noun [countable] British English SESsomeone who has just left school, especially to do or look for a job rather than going to college, university etc a shortage of jobs for school-leavers
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school-leaver• The executive grade undertakes a wide range of management tasks and is drawn from both graduates and the more able school-leavers.• If they borrow money, they are much more likely than early school-leavers to do so from a bank.• Fashion retailer seeks Sales Assistant - would suit enthusiastic school-leaver.• Mr Cormack foresees school-leavers having to fight even harder for a place here.• Most towns have a careers service to help school-leavers find suitable jobs.• Surely London employers were suffering from a desperate shortage of school-leavers?• Other recommendations: more status for vocational qualifications, and training credits for every 16-year-old school-leaver.• In 1966 she was a 17-year-old school-leaver living in a furnished room in Blackheath.• The focus is on school-leavers from Bury who have attended a three work residential course in Cumbria.• We do not want, as our school-leavers, a lot of people who can talk about mathematics. 