tuition
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Etymology [edit]
From Old French, from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), from tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
tuition (plural tuitions)
- 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.
- (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 [edit]
sum of money paid for instruction
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training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor
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External links [edit]
- tuition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- tuition in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
