Tuition

Pronunciation

• enPR: toÍžoÄ­'shÉ™n, IPA: /tuˈɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Origin

From Old French, from Latin tuitiō ("guard, protection, defense"), from tuēri ("to watch, guard, see, observe"). Compare intuition, tutor.

Full definition of tuition

Noun

1. A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college).
2. The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
• 2013-07-19, Peter Wilby, Finland spreads word on schools, Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16....There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. …
3. (archaic) Care, guardianship.
• 1599, William Shakespeare, , :BENEDICK. I have almost matter enough in me for such an embassage; and so I commit you—CLAUDIO. To the tuition of God: from my house, if I had it,—DON PEDRO. The sixth of July: your loving friend, Benedick.BENEDICK. Nay, mock not, mock not.

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