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

• education
• instruction
• schooling
• teaching
• training
• tutelage
• tutoring

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

Context: The Senate has approved Senate Bill 2, giving families $10,000 a year per student to fund tuition at an accredited private school. —Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025

To counteract this, many organizations offer tuition assistance, forgivable student loan arrangements or even to pay the tuition while students are in training. —A Kirby Cole, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025

News National News Harvard expands financial aid to cover tuition for families earning up to $200,000 Prospective Harvard University students from families earning up to $200,000 will receive free tuition, along with additional financial support, according to Harvard's new release. —Jamel Valencia, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2025

Dartmouth and Brown University provide free tuition for students from households making $125,000 or less. Students at Cornell and Yale from families making $75,000 or less will get free tuition. —David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025

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)