tuition

noun

tu·​ition tə-ˈwi-shən How to pronounce tuition (audio)
tyu̇-
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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 How to pronounce tuition (audio)
tyu̇-
adjective

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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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Families earning more than roughly $116,000 a year for a household of four generally don’t qualify for those subsidies, leaving middle-income families to shoulder the full cost of child care, even as monthly tuition rivals a mortgage payment. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Providing more financial student assistance or reducing tuition costs could achieve this. — Hali Smith october 29, Idaho Statesman, 29 Oct. 2026 Offering the chance to win free tuition — thousands of dollars — to sit through a college football game is rough. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026 Those scholarships can cover a wide range of expenses — private school tuition, for example, or afterschool tutoring — but only if a state’s governor opts in. — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tuition

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

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The first known use of tuition was in the 15th century

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tuition

noun
tu·​ition t(y)u̇-ˈish-ən How to pronounce tuition (audio)
: money paid for instruction (as at a college)
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