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

Alpha applied for charter status in 10 states, which would have made tuition free, but it was rejected in all but one, Price said. —Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026

Both the Juillard and Yale graduate theater programs became tuition-free. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026

The kids whose parents can afford the tuition at these schools subsidize the more talented kids, the ones already getting buzz from college coaches. —Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026

In combination, this adds up to an average price tag for raising a child of more than $300,000, without including college tuition. —Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 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)