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

Aside from grants, the school does not rely on outside funding and is mostly run on tuition fees and fundraising. —Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025

Many older people point to past tuition and other school costs and ask why younger generations don’t step up and pay their bills. —Erik Sherman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025

International students can expect tuition fees ranging from £10,000 to £38,000 or $12,000 to $47,000 USD per year. —Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025

Zoom in: Senate Bill 2 would give families $10,000 to use toward private school tuition. —Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 20 Feb. 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)