Plural of tuition; fees charged for instruction or education at a school, college, or university.
From Latin 'tuitio' meaning 'protection, care,' derived from 'tueri' (to watch over, protect). The meaning evolved in the 14th century from the concept of 'instruction and care' provided by a teacher to the fees paid for such services.
Tuition originally meant the actual act of teaching, not the money—it comes from the same Latin root as 'intuition' (inner knowing) and 'tutor,' all connected to the idea of carefully guiding someone's learning.
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