tuition
n. uncountablen. the money you pay to a school or university for your classes. It can also mean the teaching or instruction you receive from a private tutor.
n. the fee charged for instruction at a school, college, or university; alternatively, the act of teaching or instruction itself, especially when provided to an individual or small group.
The university raised its tuition for the next semester.
Many students rely on loans or scholarships to cover the rising cost of tuition and housing.
While the lecture halls were crowded, the small-group tuition provided by the teaching assistants allowed for a much deeper exploration of the complex theoretical material.
From Old French [Term?], from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), from tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.
I paid my tuitionsI paid my tuitionTuition is uncountable when referring to the cost of education; learners often incorrectly pluralize it.