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Abi·tur | \ ˌä-bi-ˈtu̇r 
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\Definition of Abitur
: an examination that students in Germany are required to pass in order to be eligible to attend a university
Women take a different route to underemployment. Their problem is not education: they make up a majority of those who pass the Abitur as well as of university students. — The Economist, 11 Mar. 2010
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The first known use of Abitur was in 1908
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