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-ˈwish-nəl 

-ˈwi-shə-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

Colleges have plenty of room to improve on aspects such as increasing access, containing the cost of tuition, and enhancing the work readiness of graduates – but their fundamental value proposition to the nation as a whole is undeniable. —Brandon Busteed, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024

Other reasons include potential increases to private school tuition fees and high taxation on real estate. —Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2024

Because some diocesan schools charged less than the voucher level, the plan also required every school to increase its tuition to the maximum voucher amount of all the districts from which the school drew students. —Grace Salata, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2024

Perry signed a law allowing undocumented immigrants to get in-state tuition at state universities, considered liberal by today's politics. —Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024

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

Kids Definition

tuition

noun

tu·​ition t(y)u̇-ˈish-ən 

: money paid for instruction (as at a college)