tuition
A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).
Other meanings
The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. also used attributively
“tuition classes”
Related words
- nontuition
- tuitional
- tuitionary
- tuition fees
- tuition centre
Word history
From Latin "tuitiō" (guard, protection, defense).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tuition” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.