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It may be used to describe days at school (4)

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I believe the answer is:

term

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'it may be used to describe days at school' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'it may be used' is the wordplay.
'it' becomes ''t' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis).
'may be used' becomes 'erm' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
't'+'erm'='TERM'

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(Other definitions for term that I've seen before include "Period of education" , "Word; trimester" , "Word or expression and period of time" , "Time spent at school" , "School time; word" .)

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