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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During his years out of the White House and out of the spotlight, Barron reportedly attended Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida, which charges annual tuition of over $40,000.
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Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
The average cost of a complete trade school program's tuition and fees was $15,070 during the 2022-2023 school year, according to data from the federal Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 16 June 2025
The state will soon implement a $1 billion school voucher program—one of the largest in the country—that will use public dollars to fund private school tuition, which critics have warned will direct resources away from public schools and exclude those with disabilities and low-income households.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
When those funds are halted by decree, the university must reapply the much smaller unrestricted portion of its endowment income to research purposes and away from underwriting student needs and forcing greater reliance on higher tuition income.
—Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2025
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Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
The average cost of a complete trade school program's tuition and fees was $15,070 during the 2022-2023 school year, according to data from the federal Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 16 June 2025
The state will soon implement a $1 billion school voucher program—one of the largest in the country—that will use public dollars to fund private school tuition, which critics have warned will direct resources away from public schools and exclude those with disabilities and low-income households.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
When those funds are halted by decree, the university must reapply the much smaller unrestricted portion of its endowment income to research purposes and away from underwriting student needs and forcing greater reliance on higher tuition income.
—Chicago Tribune, 14 June 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 23 Jun. 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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