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
• 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

These regional institutions enroll tens of thousands of first-generation and Hispanic students, keep tuition low, and channel graduates into local industries. —Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025

My tuition was fully paid for through scholarships that the school gave me. —R29 Team, Refinery29, 1 Sep. 2025

That’s $156 billion that didn’t go to college tuition, business startups, or intergenerational wealth. —Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025

What the Wisconsin Virtual Academy experience was like Wisconsin Virtual Academy is an online, kindergarten through 12th grade school that is tuition-free and open to anyone in the state of Wisconsin. —Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 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)