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

More expensive than Harvard TCU is not among the nation’s most expensive universities overall, but for the 2025-26 school year, tuition was roughly $4,000 more expensive than Harvard’s. —Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2025

There’s even an academic advancement program with tuition support for job- and industry-related courses. —Idaho Statesman, 11 Nov. 2025

With tuition around $400 a semester, the programs are among the most affordable in Miami-Dade, opening doors to steady jobs in fields where demand remains high and where artificial intelligence is unlikely to replace human hands. —Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025

The accounts program, now in its third year, expands public funding of student tuition and other costs related to private schools and homeschool expenses. —Arkansas Online, 10 Nov. 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)