tuition
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3.7
- noun
- /tuˈɪʃən/
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matrícula
- Many students struggle to pay their college tuition every semester.
- tuition fees
- pay tuition
- tuition costs
Students are now negotiating tuition with the colleges.
- Students are now negotiating tuition with the colleges.
- Now that is everything, tuition, fees, room and board, all of it.
- The lottery at the time paid for all of tuition, room, board, books, food, everything.
- Financially strapped students facing huge tuition bills were easy prey.
- Rising rents, rising home prices, rising tuition costs, and lagging wages.
- When you enable student loans, what happens to tuition?
- When I say money, I don't mean just tuition.
- The college tuition has gone up year after year after year.
- Also, you're paying for our children's college tuition.
- That's right, some schools are kicking out students for partying but keeping their tuition which is insane.
Examples
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Her biggest worry is making rent and tuition.
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OK, so let's make college tuition either free or really low.
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And they offered full tuition, full tuition that was great.
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OK, so the average in state tuition, what state does the child live in?
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Well, where are you gonna get the tuition money anyway?
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The problem is not high tuition but low aid, based on need, in many states.
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I just need to know if it's gonna cover the rest of my tuition.
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The move comes as colleges increase tuition by an average of 13 percent, mostly because state funding has fallen.
Academic text (2017) -
Students are now negotiating tuition with the colleges.
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We're gonna have to take out a loan, aren't we, for her tuition?
Synonyms
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Money paid for study at a college or university
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tuition comes from the Latin word tueri, which means 'to guard' or 'to watch over', and it is related to tutor, a person who guides a learner. So, tuition came to mean the money you pay for being taught.