TUI'TION, n. [L. tuitio, from tueor, to see, behold, protect, &c; L. duco, to lead.]
1. Guardianship; superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward.2. More especially, instruction; the act or business of teaching the various branches of learning. We place our children under the preceptors of academies for tuition. [This is now the common acceptation of the word.]3. The money paid for instruction. In our colleges, the tuition is from thirty to forty dollars a year.