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
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.
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In 2018, the Board of Directors of the Solana Beach Little League voted to award a $2,000 scholarship to a former player of the league to support college tuition.
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
College tuition has surged by 5.6% a year, on average, since 1983, significantly outpacing other household expenses, a recent study by J.P. Morgan Asset Management found.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
Of course a kid whose parents can afford a large tuition is going to have resources that a kid whose parent is working two jobs won’t have.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
In the past six decades, as tuition at public colleges went from free to costly—and, at private universities, from costly to exorbitant—federal-student-loan amounts grew larger.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2025
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
College tuition has surged by 5.6% a year, on average, since 1983, significantly outpacing other household expenses, a recent study by J.P. Morgan Asset Management found.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
Of course a kid whose parents can afford a large tuition is going to have resources that a kid whose parent is working two jobs won’t have.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
In the past six decades, as tuition at public colleges went from free to costly—and, at private universities, from costly to exorbitant—federal-student-loan amounts grew larger.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tuition
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“Tuition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tuition. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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tuition
noun
tu·ition
t(y)u̇-ˈish-ən
: money paid for instruction (as at a college)
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