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tu⋅i⋅tion

  [too-ish-uhn, tyoo-]
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–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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME tuicion a looking after, guarding < L tuitiōn- (s. of tuitiō), equiv. to tuit(us) (ptp. of tuērī to watch; cf. tutelage ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
tu⋅i⋅tion⋅al, tu⋅i⋅tion⋅ar⋅y  [too-ish-uh-ner-ee, tyoo-] , adjective
tu⋅i⋅tion⋅less, adjective
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tu·i·tion   (tōō-ĭsh'ən, tyōō-)   
n.  
  1. A fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning.
  2. Instruction; teaching.
  3. Archaic Guardianship.

[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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