tuition

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tu·i·tion / t(y)oōˈishən/ • n. a sum of money charged for teaching or instruction by a school, college, or university: I'm not paying next year's tuition. ∎  teaching or instruction, esp. of individual pupils or small groups: private tuition in French.DERIVATIVES: tu·i·tion·al / -shənl/ adj.

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tuition

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tuition †guardianship, tutelage XV; instruction of a pupil. XVI. — (O)F. — L. tuitiō, -ōn- protection, f. tuērī look after; see -ITION.

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