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tu⋅i⋅tion
[too-ish-uh
n, tyoo-] 
–noun
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | teaching or instruction, as of pupils: a school offering private tuition in languages. |
| 3. | Archaic. guardianship or custody. |
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| tu·i·tion (tōō-ĭsh'ən, tyōō-) n.
[Middle English tuicion, protection, from Old French, from Latin tuitiō, tuitiōn-, from tuitus, past participle of tuērī, to protect.] tu·i'tion·al, tu·i'tion·ar'y (-ĭsh'ə-něr'ē) adj. |
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Tuition
Tu*i"tion\, n. [L. tuitio protection, guarding, from tueri, p. p. tuitus, to see, watch, protect: cf. F. tuition. Cf. Tutor.]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.
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Language Translation for : tuition
Spanish:
enseñanza, *instrucción privada,
German:
der Unterricht,
Japanese:
授業料
tuition
1436, "protection, care, custody," from Anglo-Fr. tuycioun (1292), from O.Fr. tuicion "guardianship," from L. tuitionem (nom. tuitio) "a looking after, defense, guardianship," from tuitus, pp. of tueri "to look after" (see tutor). Meaning "action or business of teaching pupils" is recorded from 1582. The meaning "money paid for instruction" (1828) is probably short for tuition fees, in which tuition refers to the act of teaching and instruction.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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