Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tuition"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching;
instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition;
his tuition was thorough.
3. The money paid for instruction; the price or payment for
instruction.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tuition
n 1: a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher
education); "tuition and room and board were more than
$25,000"
2: teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired
privately) [syn: {tutelage}, {tutorship}]
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