n. A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college).
n. The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
n. Care, guardianship.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship.
n. Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching; instruction
n. The money paid for instruction; the price or payment for instruction.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Guard; keeping; protection; guardianship.
n. The particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward.
n. Instruction; the act or business of teaching the various branches of learning.
n. The fee for instruction.
n.Synonyms Tuition differs from the words compared under instruction chiefly in being a rather formal and business-like word: as, the charge for tuition is $100: it represents the act or series of acts, but not the art.
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n. teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
n. a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education)
Word Usage
"Many wore red hats embroidered with the word "tuition" -- tuition caps."