tuition Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education)
    tuition fee.
    • tuition and room and board were more than $25,000
  2. noun teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
    tutorship; tutelage.

WordNet

Tu*i"tion noun
Etymology
L. tuitio protection, guarding, from tueri, p. p. tuitus, to see, watch, protect: cf. F. tuition. Cf. Tutor.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913