# tuition

Pronunciation: US say "too-ISH-uhn" /tuˈɪʃən/; UK say "tyoo-ISH-uhn" /tjuːˈɪʃən/; AUS say "choo-ISH-uhn" /t͡ʃʉːˈɪʃən/

## Noun

1. The money paid for instruction at a school, college, or university. *(Canada, Philippines, US)*
   - Simple: The money a student pays to attend a school, college, or university.
   - _The university raised tuition by five percent this fall._
   - _Many students take out loans to cover tuition and housing._
2. The teaching or instruction given to a student by a teacher or tutor. *(Ireland, UK)*
   - Simple: Teaching or training given to a student by a teacher.
   - _The college offers small-group tuition in addition to lectures._
   - _Years of careful tuition under a master craftsman shaped her skill._
3. Paid private classes or tutoring that students take outside their formal education. *(Australia, India, Malaysia, Singapore)*
   - Simple: Private lessons that you pay for, taken outside of your normal school.
   - _Many families invest in private tuition to boost exam results._
   - _Her weekend tuition classes in chemistry are fully booked until the exams._

## Noun

4. Care or guardianship, the keeping and protection of someone or something. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Care and protection, like the care a guardian gives a child.
   - _Upon her father's death, she passed into the tuition of her elder brother._
   - _During the siege, the abbey's relics and records were placed in the tuition of the bishop._

## Origin

From Old French, from Latin tuitiō ("guard, protection, defense"), from tuēri ("to watch, guard, see, observe"); compare intuition and tutor.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/tuition (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).