tuition

noun

tu·​ition tə-ˈwi-shən 

tyu̇-

1

: the price of or payment for instruction

2

: the act or profession of teaching : instruction

pursued his studies under private tuition

3

archaic : custody, guardianship

tuitional

tə-ˈwi-sh(ə-)nəl 

tyu̇-

adjective

Synonyms of tuition

• education
• teaching
• schooling
• instruction

Examples of tuition in a Sentence

Her uncle agreed to pay part of her tuition.

There's going to be a tuition increase next year.

Before the company transferred her to Mexico, they offered her private tuition in Spanish.

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2025, the system provided $318 million of institutional aid applied to undergraduate tuition and fees. —Mark Denzler, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026

Lift Orlando also helped organize scholarships, paid for by real estate developers Scott and Jennifer Boyd, to send all Jones High School graduates to Valencia College tuition-free for the next four years. —Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026

The plan also calls for $31 million in additional spending for public education that would block cuts to magnet schools that could have led to tuition increases for the sending towns and potential cuts in health care for students in private schools. —Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026

This is the first year Dallas ISD will offer tuition-free pre-K for all 3 and 4-year-olds. —Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English tuicioun protection, from Anglo-French, from Latin tuition-, tuitio, from tueri to look at, look after

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Rhymes for tuition

• addition
• admission
• ambition
• attrition
• audition
• clinician
• cognition
• coition
• commission
• condition
• contrition
• dentition

Kids Definition

tuition

noun

tu·​ition t(y)u̇-ˈish-ən 

: money paid for instruction (as at a college)