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tuition
[ too-ish-uhn, tyoo- ]
noun
- the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university:
The college will raise its tuition again next year.
- teaching or instruction, as of pupils:
a school offering private tuition in languages.
- Archaic. guardianship or custody.
tuition
/ tjuːˈɪʃən /
noun
- instruction, esp that received in a small group or individually
- the payment for instruction, esp in colleges or universities
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Derived Forms
- tuˈitional, adjective
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Other Words From
- tu·ition·al tu·i·tion·ar·y [too-, ish, -, uh, -ner-ee, tyoo-], adjective
- tu·ition·less adjective
- self-tu·ition noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tuition1
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Example Sentences
“Roughly a third” of the tuition goes to instructors, according to one former coach who asked not to be named.
Now, tuition accounts for an average of 36 percent of their operating budgets.
And why has tuition risen so sharply at public universities?
The Branson School holds an elite reputation in tony Marin County, charging around $40,000 a year for tuition.
It covers kindergarten through 8th grade and has $3,825 annual tuition, but fundraising allows many to get $1,500 in tuition aid.
In short, Marcella had been too long under her tuition, to become a willing devotee to the monastic rites of the Romish Church.
He may, if he desires to assist himself, have recourse to literary labor, or to tuition.
Of course, their tuition fees—one hundred and seventy-five dollars each—for the year had been already paid.
There is no inducement to admit a pupil for the sake of the tuition fees, or for the purpose of adding to the number of scholars.
They very soon became expert swimmers, by the way, under my tuition.
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