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 of tuition

• 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

The Securities and Exchange Commission in 2022 said Charlebois used investor money to cover his child’s university tuition and pay for family trips to Colorado and Florida. —Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026

The program offered players access to gear, cash, summer jobs, private-school tuition and the promise of a university scholarship, and college coaches beat a path to the little gym in the church basement to have an audience with Lorch. —Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2026

The Florida Empowerment scholarship, although generous, still isn’t enough to cover tuition at our school of choice. —Jay Reddick, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026

Over the past few decades, public college tuition has increased significantly faster than incomes, shifting more costs onto students and their families. —Liam McCusker, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2026

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)