tuition

[too-ish-uh n, 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.

Origin of tuition

1250–1300; Middle English tuicion a looking after, guarding < Latin tuitiōn- (stem of tuitiō), equivalent to tuit(us) (past participle of tuērī to watch; cf. tutelage) + -iōn- -ion

Related formstu·i·tion·al, tu·i·tion·ar·y

[too-ish-uh-ner-ee, tyoo-] /tuˈɪʃ əˌnɛr i, tyu-/, adjectivetu·i·tion·less, adjectiveself-tu·i·tion, noun

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Historical Examples of self-tuition

I can see the marks of self-tuition all over this young mans conversation.
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H. C. Bunner
Our young friend, he said, has certainly done wonders for himself in the way of self-tuition.
Short Sixes
H. C. Bunner

British Dictionary definitions for self-tuition

tuition

noun

instruction, esp that received in a small group or individually

the payment for instruction, esp in colleges or universities

Derived Formstuitional, adjective

Word Origin for tuition

C15: from Old French tuicion, from Latin tuitiō a guarding, from tuērī to watch over

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Word Origin and History for self-tuition

tuition

mid-15c., "protection, care, custody," from Anglo-French tuycioun (late 13c.), from Old French tuicion "guardianship," from Latin tuitionem (nominative tuitio) "a looking after, defense, guardianship," from tuitus, past participle of tueri "to look after" (see tutor). Meaning "action or business of teaching pupils" is recorded from 1580s. The meaning "money paid for instruction" (1828) is probably short for tuition fees, in which tuition refers to the act of teaching and instruction.