tuition
[too-ish-uh n, tyoo-]
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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.
Origin of tuition
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Examples from the Web for self-tuition
Historical Examples of self-tuition
I can see the marks of self-tuition all over this young mans conversation.
Short SixesH. C. Bunner
Our young friend, he said, has certainly done wonders for himself in the way of self-tuition.
Short SixesH. C. Bunner
tuition
noun
Word Origin for tuition
C15: from Old French tuicion, from Latin tuitiō a guarding, from tuērī to watch over
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