tuition

== 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) (Ireland, UK) The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor. (India, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia) Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively) (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) (archaic) Care, guardianship. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === 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.