'Tuition' definitions:
Definition of 'tuition'
From: WordNet
noun
A fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education); "tuition and room and board were more than $25,000" [syn: tuition, tuition fee]
noun
Definition of 'Tuition'
From: GCIDE
- Tuition \Tu*i"tion\, n. [L. tuitio protection, guarding, from tueri, p. p. tuitus, to see, watch, protect: cf. F. tuition. Cf. Tutor.]
- 1. Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching; instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition; his tuition was thorough. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The money paid for instruction; the price or payment for instruction; as, tuition must be paid in full before graduation. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tuition'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- catechization,
- coaching,
- didactics,
- direction,
- edification,
- education,
- enlightenment,
- guidance,
- illumination,
- information,
- instruction,
- pedagogics,
- pedagogy,
- preparation,
- private teaching,
- programmed instruction,
- reeducation,
- schooling,
- self-instruction,
- self-teaching,
- spoon-feeding,
- teaching,
- training,
- tutelage,
- tutorage,
- tutoring,
- tutorship