Does “giving tuition” mean tutoring?

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Does “giving tuition” mean tutoring?

I have been giving tuition since I was in secondary school to help my family financially.

Thanks.

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That sentence does not make sense in English. (But see below.)

Tuition means the money you pay for education. For example to pay for university.

The sentence might mean they are giving their family money. Or it might mean like you said. If it means ‘tutoring’, you would not use the word ‘giving’.

I have been giving money to my family since I was in secondary school to help them financially.
or
I have been tutoring since I was in secondary school to help my family financially.

According to the dictionary, ‘tuition’ can mean ‘education’ or ‘instruction’. I have never heard it used that way. It might be archaic, or used in BrE. If that is the meaning, the sentence is OK as written.

With that definition, the following two sentences have the same meaning:

I have been giving tuition since I was in secondary school to help my family financially.
I have been giving instruction since I was in secondary school to help my family financially.

I do not recommend using the word this way in AmE, because I think most people would not understand it.

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