tuition

[too-ish-uhn, tyoo-]

noun

1. the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university.

   The college will raise its tuition again next year.

2. teaching or instruction, as of pupils.

   a school offering private tuition in languages.

3. Archaic.,  guardianship or custody.

tuition

/ tjuːˈɪʃən /

noun

1. instruction, esp that received in a small group or individually

2. the payment for instruction, esp in colleges or universities

Other Word Forms

• tuitional adjective
• tuitionary adjective
• tuitionless adjective
• self-tuition noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tuition¹

1250–1300; Middle English tuicion a looking after, guarding < Latin tuitiōn- (stem of tuitiō ), equivalent to tuit ( us ) (past participle of tuērī to watch; tutelage ) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of tuition¹

C15: from Old French tuicion , from Latin tuitiō a guarding, from tuērī to watch over

Example Sentences

In an interview, Mailman said the purpose is to push schools to lead “in things that are not hard decisions, but they are hard to go at it alone,” such as steadying tuition rises.

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Any universities that sign on would also make commitments about tuition.

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Universities signing on would have to “commit to freezing the effective tuition rates charged to American students for the next five years.”

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Student loans became the easy “solution” to skyrocketing tuition, but they masked the real problem of unsustainable pricing.

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And unlike private schools, public school districts don’t charge tuition.

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