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
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.
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Rising tuition, the crushing burden of student loans, and the inauspicious job offers some students receive upon graduation prompt the question, for good reasons, and fuel the arguments among those who think that forgoing college is the smarter financial decision.
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Judy D. Olian, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
Even with these giant endowments, tuitions have been rising at two to three times the rate of inflation.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
Indeed, the cost of servicing its debt is now more than 85% of its revenue from undergraduate tuition.
—Clifford Ando, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
In it, attention-seeking Dunder Mifflin manager Michael Scott (Carell) pledges to pay the college tuition for a group of underprivileged third-graders.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2025
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Judy D. Olian, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
Even with these giant endowments, tuitions have been rising at two to three times the rate of inflation.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
Indeed, the cost of servicing its debt is now more than 85% of its revenue from undergraduate tuition.
—Clifford Ando, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
In it, attention-seeking Dunder Mifflin manager Michael Scott (Carell) pledges to pay the college tuition for a group of underprivileged third-graders.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tuition
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“Tuition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tuition. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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tuition
noun
tu·ition
t(y)u̇-ˈish-ən
: money paid for instruction (as at a college)
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