tuition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The money you pay for being taught, especially at a college or university.

   The school's tuition will increase by five percent next year.

2. 2
   noun

   Teaching, especially to one student or a small group.

   She gave him private tuition in maths after school.

From Old French [Term?], from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), from tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.

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