tuition
English
Etymology
From Old French [Term?], from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), from tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪʃən
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).
- These rosemaling workshops are no place for anyone who wants to pester me or the students with the "white privilege" card, inter alia. Therefore, I reserve the right to refund the tuition of such men and women, kick them out the door, and bar them from at least two of my future events.
- Synonym: (UK) tuition fees
- 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. […]
- (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:
Related terms
Translations
sum of money paid for instruction
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training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor
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Further reading
- “tuition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “tuition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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