tuition

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English

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), from tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.

Pronunciation

enPR: tyo͞oĭ'shən, Rhymes: -ɪʃən

• IPA^(key): /tjuːˈɪʃən/ (Received Pronunciation)
• IPA^(key): /tjʉːˈɪʃən/, /t͡ʃʉːˈɪʃən/ (General Australian)

enPR: to͞oĭ'shən

• IPA^(key): /tuˈɪʃən/ (General American, Canada)

enPR: tyo͞o'shən

• IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːʃən/ (India, Malaysia, Singapore)

Noun

tuition (countable and uncountable, plural tuitions)

1. (Ireland, UK) The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
   1. (India, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia) Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)
2. (Canada, US, Philippines) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).

   Synonym: tuition fees (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, UK)

3. (archaic) Care, guardianship.

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Further reading

• “tuition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tuition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.