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

The $1 billion voucher-like program will give families roughly $10,000 to put toward private school tuition. —Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2025

Trump officials also accuse the higher education sector of abusing the student loan system, invoking perennial complaints about runaway tuition and spiraling debt. —Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 May 2025

Withdrawals used for qualified education expenses, such as tuition, room and board, books, and other mandatory expenses, are also tax-free. —True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025

Texarkana, Texas, will give new residents a $5,000 relocation cash incentive, 25 percent tuition discount to Texas A&M Texarkana and a one-year membership to The Assembly Line, Texarkana's brand-new creator space. —Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 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)