Tuition

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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     2. Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching;
        instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition;
        his tuition was thorough.
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     3. The money paid for instruction; the price or payment for
        instruction; as, tuition must be paid in full before
        graduation.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tuition
       n 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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "tuition":
     catechization, coaching, didactics, direction, edification,
     education, enlightenment, guidance, illumination, information,
     instruction, pedagogics, pedagogy, preparation, private teaching,
     programmed instruction, reeducation, schooling, self-instruction,
     self-teaching, spoon-feeding, teaching, training, tutelage,
     tutorage, tutoring, tutorship