Tuition Definition

to͝o-ĭshən, tyo͝o-
noun
The charge for instruction, esp. at a college or private school.
Webster's New World
Guardianship.
Webster's New World
Teaching; instruction.
Webster's New World

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Singular:
tuition
Plural:
tuitions

Origin of Tuition

  • Middle English tuicion protection from Old French from Latin tuitiō tuitiōn- from tuitus past participle of tuērī to protect

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French, from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense"), from tuÄ“ri (“to watch, guard, see, observe"). Compare intuition, tutor.

    From Wiktionary

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