catchment

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In fact, I am right on the edge of the catchment area of my nearest GP!

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a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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noun

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

Definitions

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noun

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

Example sentences

In fact, I am right on the edge of the catchment area of my nearest GP!

You don't need a huge catchment area to support a grocery store, it seems.

If that catchment overflows, it goes onto the counter.

They would absolutely move their address to a catchment for easy access to med school.

People who want their kids to be able to be at a certain school value catchment housing higher than others would.

Or they use the powers to spy on parents applying to a school, to ensure the parents live in the catchment area.

Also when you say "family home in Croydon" do you mean there are any good schools with catchment areas in Croydon?

For instance in the UK local councils have used terrorist powers to see if people are trying to game the school catchment system to get into a better school [1].

I move house every year, staying in the same area, but even though it's only a short walk from my current flat to my old one I no longer fall within the catchment area of my GP.

Down south if you ask for fish and chip by default you will get cod, though up north it is by default place or anything but cod and most shop don't even have cod due to catchment area's and fish types mostly available for transport.