tenure.
A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
Meaning & usage
A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
A period of time during which something is possessed.
A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
A right to hold land under the feudal system.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English tenure, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenitus, from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura.
To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English tenure, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenitus, from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura.
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