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

Inked for $872,500 — that includes a signing bonus and money for college tuition — the 18-year-old became just the third amateur free agent in Yankees history from Taiwan, joining fellow right-hander Chien-Ming Wang (2000) and infielder Fu-Lin Kuo (2009). — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026

The University of Michigan regents approved a budget that includes a 3% increase in tuition and fees for resident undergraduate students, along with a 6% increase in student housing rates. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 26 June 2026

Every Cristo Rey student earns part of her own tuition through a real corporate job, one day a week, starting at age fourteen. — Kelby Woodard, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

In fact, after a period of extraordinarily high tuition growth from 1920 to 1990, tuition growth slowed in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. — Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 26 June 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

• dition
• fission
• lycian
• abolition
• acquisition
• admonition
• ammunition
• apparition
• apposition
• coalition
• competition
• composition

Kids Definition

tuition

noun

tu·​ition t(y)u̇-ˈish-ən 

: money paid for instruction (as at a college)