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noun (n)

• a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education)(noun.possession)

  Example:
  Tuition and room and board were more than $25,000.
  

  Synonym:
  tuition fee
  

  source: wordnet30
• teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  tutelage, tutorship
  

  source: wordnet30
• Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship.(noun)

  source: webster1913