as in education
the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another
a private tutor handled the tuition of their children
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of tuition
The fencing team will eventually have 24 students and just four scholarships, contributing a number of tuition-paying spots to a school that—like many of its peers—is facing growing enrollment challenges.
—
Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 6 Nov. 2025
In 1959, Prince Edward County, Virginia, closed its public schools for five years, diverting tax monies to build a K-12 private academy for 1,400 white students and allotting their families tuition grants.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Separately, former Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur Saikat Chakrabarti had well beforehand launched a primary campaign to Pelosi, with a progressive platform that includes tuition-free public college and universal health care.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
However, going to university has become significantly more expensive, with the cost of higher education shifting from the state to the individual via tuition fees.
—Ian King, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tuition
Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 6 Nov. 2025
In 1959, Prince Edward County, Virginia, closed its public schools for five years, diverting tax monies to build a K-12 private academy for 1,400 white students and allotting their families tuition grants.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Separately, former Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur Saikat Chakrabarti had well beforehand launched a primary campaign to Pelosi, with a progressive platform that includes tuition-free public college and universal health care.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
However, going to university has become significantly more expensive, with the cost of higher education shifting from the state to the individual via tuition fees.
—Ian King, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tuition
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tuition
Noun
-
Many young consumers, already juggling high costs for food, rent, and education, and crushed by an unsympathetic labor market, are entering adulthood with the self-care budget of a socialite twice their age.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
-
The food hub's work now focuses more on education.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
The early Christian movement was basically a first-century Jewish renewal movement, which, because of both the teaching and then the death and resurrection of Jesus, quickly became a Jewish renewal movement for the world.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
-
There are various teaching resources available to enhance the individual perspective on libido and how any individual might like to experience it.—
Rachel Murray,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
Milwaukee has a huge reading crisis, involving the large majority of students in all schools and all sectors of schooling in the city.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
-
The South Florida community, the NBA community, the schooling community have been amazing.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
Most bulbs should be planted pointy side up because the stem and leaves emerge from this end, but check the label for specific instructions.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
-
Instead, customers will have to follow a set of instructions to claim the platform's financial promise.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Tuition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tuition. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share