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TUITION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("tuition" is a kind of...):
instruction; pedagogy; teaching (the profession of a teacher)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education)
Example:
tuition and room and board were more than $25,000
Synonyms:
tuition; tuition fee
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("tuition" is a kind of...):
fee (a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services)
Domain category:
didactics; education; educational activity; instruction; pedagogy; teaching (the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill)
Context examples:
It is also possible you will file estimated taxes or send in a college tuition payment.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
On this day, you may send a large check, perhaps to pay off a credit card bill or college tuition.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
You may have enviable financial aid for college tuition or even a scholarship.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Finally, if you put in a claim to your insurance company, apply for financial aid for college tuition, are in a court case, or hope to negotiate the fair division of property in a divorce, this full moon of February 8-9 could help you get close to reaching a pleasing answer.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Those might include a check for college tuition, to invest in your business, to build a new website, to get married, to have a baby, to pay estimated tax, to put a down payment on a house, or a large deposit on a lease.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)