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

Such students would be immediately expelled and assessed out-of-state tuition fees. —Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026

The Community College of Philadelphia is raising tuition starting this fall. —Laura Fay, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026

Dolan used those funds for a downpayment on a property in Haverhill, his mortgage, tuition, student loan payments, and transfers to shell companies among other things, the office said in a statement. —Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026

Public school tuitions are bargains in California compared to other states and private universities. —Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 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)