tuition

noun

1. (Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable)The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.

   “Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. […]”

2. (Australia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, countable, uncountable)Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)

   “tuition classes”

   “Tuition in the past was like taking medicine and you sent children for it only if they were doing poorly in a subject.”

3. (Canada, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable)A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).

   “The school’s tuition will increase by five percent next year.”

4. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Care, guardianship.

   “BENEDICK. I have almost matter enough in me for such an embassage; and so I commit you— CLAUDIO. To the tuition of God: from my house, if I had it,— DON PEDRO. The sixth of July: your loving friend, Benedick. BENEDICK. Nay, mock not, mock not.”