tutelage, tuition, tutorship
(noun) teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
tuition, tuition fee
(noun) a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education); “tuition and room and board were more than $25,000”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tuition (countable and uncountable, plural tuitions)
(North American) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college).
Synonym: tuition fees
The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
(India) Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)
(archaic) Care, guardianship.
Source: Wiktionary
Tu*i"tion, n. Etym: [L. tuitio protection, guarding, from tueri, p. p. tuitus, to see, watch, protect: cf. F. tuition. Cf. Tutor.]
1. Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship.
2. Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching; instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition; his tuition was thorough.
3. The money paid for instruction; the price or payment for instruction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 April 2025
(adjective) capable of being extinguished or killed; “an extinguishable fire”; “hope too is extinguishable”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
