tuition

noun

Etymology: From Anglo-Norman tuycioun, from Old French tuicion, from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), from tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.

1. The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.

   “Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. […]”

2. Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)

   “tuition classes”

   “Tuition in the past was like taking medicine and you sent children for it only if they were doing poorly in a subject.”

3. A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).

   “The school’s tuition will increase by five percent next year.”

4. Care, guardianship.

   “BENEDICK. I have almost matter enough in me for such an embassage; and so I commit you— CLAUDIO. To the tuition of God: from my house, if I had it,— DON PEDRO. The sixth of July: your loving friend, Benedick. BENEDICK. Nay, mock not, mock not.”