ap‧pren‧tice‧ship /əˈprentəsʃɪp, əˈprentɪsʃɪp/
noun [uncountable and countable] the job of being an apprentice, or the period of time in which you are an apprentice:
He’s serving an apprenticeship as a printer. a five-year apprenticeship [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲