tuition

Meanings

1. The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
2. Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)
3. A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).
4. Care, guardianship.

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.