tuition
The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
Noun 3 meanings
The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)
“tuition classes”
A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).
“The school's tuition will increase by five percent next year.”
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman tuycioun, from Old French tuicion, from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), from tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.
TUITION at a glance
TUITION has 7 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (T 1 + U 1 + I 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,398 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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