tuition

Plural: tuitions

Noun

• A fee charged for instruction at a school or college.
• a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education)
  • "tuition and room and board were more than $25,000"
• teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
• The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
• The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
• Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)
• A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).
• Care, guardianship.

Examples

• The high TUITION for advanced Scrabble lessons was worth it for the improved scores.
• 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.
• tuition classes

Synonyms

tuition fee, tutelage, tutorship, tuition fees

Related Words

tutelage, tutelar, tutelary, tutor, tutorial