tuition

Tuition is the fee for instruction at a school.

(noun)

An example of tuition is the amount of money you'd pay to take classes at a community college.

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See tuition in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. Obsolete guardianship
  2. the charge for instruction, esp. at a college or private school
  3. Now Rare teaching; instruction

Origin: ME tuicion < OFr < L tuitio, protection < tuitus, pp. of tueri, to watch, protect

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See tuition in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning.
  2. Instruction; teaching.
  3. Archaic Guardianship.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English tuicion, protection

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin tuitiō, tuitiōn-

Origin: , from tuitus

Origin: , past participle of tuērī, to protect

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Related Forms:

  • tu·iˈtion·al, tu·iˈtion·arˌy (-ĭshˈə-nĕrˌē) adjective

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