tuition
tuition Lexical Profile
tuition Game Scores & Validity
• noun
North American A sum of money charged for teaching or instruction by a school, college, or university.
"She worked two part-time jobs during the summer to help pay her college tuition."
British Teaching or instruction, especially of individual pupils or small groups.
"He is receiving private tuition in French to prepare for his upcoming exams."
Word Nuance & Usage
In North American English, 'tuition' almost exclusively refers to the monetary fee paid for education, whereas in British and Commonwealth English it primarily means the act of teaching or instruction itself (with the monetary charge specified as 'tuition fees').
• Rhymes for tuition
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French tuition, from Latin tuitio ('a caring for, guardianship, protection'), derived from the verb tueri ('to look after, watch over, guard'). The sense shifted from the guardianship of a young scholar to their instruction, and subsequently in North America to the fee charged for that instruction.