TUITION

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


Etymology

Noun

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



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