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Tuition - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Tuition : (noun)
1: a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher
education); "tuition and room and board were more than
$25,000"
2: teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired
privately) [syn: tutelage, tutorship]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Tuition : \Tu*i"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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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