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Tuition is the fee for instruction at a school.

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

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noun

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

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

Related Forms:

tuitional adjective

See tuition in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning.
Instruction; teaching.
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

Related Forms:

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

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