tuition

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), from tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.

noun

1. (Canada, US) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college).
   These rosemaling workshops are no place for anyone who wants to pester me or the students with the "white privilege" card, inter alia. Therefore, I reserve the right to refund the tuition of such men and women, kick them out the door, and bar them from at least two of my future events.
2. 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. […] 2013-07-19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30
   1. (India, Malaysia, Singapore) 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. 18 August 2021, Qiu Guanhua, “Forum: Heavy reliance on tuition to boost performance is not healthy”, in The Straits Times, Singapore, archived from the original on 2022-12-28
3. (archaic) Care, guardianship.