tuition : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tuition	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tuition n a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education); "tuition and room and board were more than $25,000" Synonym(s): tuition, tuition fee teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) Synonym(s): tutelage, tuition, tutorship
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tuition \Tui"tion\, n. [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.