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Webster 1913 Edition
Tuition
Tu-i′tion
,Noun.
[L.
tuitio
protection, guarding, from tueri
, p. p. tuitus
, to see, watch, protect: cf. F. tuition
. Cf. Tutor
.] 1.
Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship.
2.
Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching; instruction;
as, children are sent to school for
tuition
; his tuition
was thorough.3.
The money paid for instruction; the price or payment for instruction;
as,
. tuition
must be paid in full before graduationWebster 1828 Edition
Tuition
TUI'TION
,Noun.
1.
Guardianship; superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward.2.
More especially, instruction; the act or business of teaching the various branches of learning. We place our children under the preceptors of academies for tuition. [This is now the common acceptation of the word.]3.
The money paid for instruction. In our colleges, the tuition is from thirty to forty dollars a year.Definition 2025
tuition
tuition
English
Noun
tuition (countable and uncountable, plural tuitions)
- (Canada, US) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college).
- The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
- 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
- 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. […]
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- (archaic) Care, guardianship.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1 Scene 1:
- 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.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1 Scene 1:
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Translations
sum of money paid for instruction
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training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor