catchment area
noun/ˈkætʃmənt eəriə/
/ˈkætʃmənt eriə/, /ˈketʃmənt eriə/
- the area from which a school takes its students, a hospital its patients, etc.Topics Educationc2
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- (also catchment)(specialist) the area from which rain flows into a particular river or lake
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