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

• 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

Finally, most Montessori schools are private and require families to pay tuition. —Katrina Donham, Parents, 23 Sep. 2025

The accounts program significantly expands taxpayer state taxpayer funding of student tuition and other costs related to private schools and some home-school expenses. —Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2025

Donegan’s win included a $50,000 tuition scholarship, plus an additional $3,000 scholarship for her performance in the preliminary talent competition. —Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025

The school has eliminated barriers such as the standardized graduate exam requirement, kept tuition comparatively low, and distributed more than $8 million annually in scholarships and grants. —Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025

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)