Tenure Definition
tĕnyər, -yo͝or
noun
The act or right of holding property, an office, a position, etc.
Webster's New World
The length of time, or the conditions under which, something is held.
Webster's New World
The status of holding one's position on a permanent basis, granted to teachers, civil service personnel, etc. on the fulfillment of specified requirements.
Webster's New World
An ancient hierarchical system of land possession or holding in subordination to a superior.
Webster's New World Law
The status afforded teachers and professors, long considered a cornerstone of academic freedom of protection against dismissal without adequate cause.
Webster's New World Law
Synonyms:
- term of office
- incumbency
- land tenure
- term
- reign
- possession
- occupation
- hold
- grip
- grasp
- clutch
- ownership
- occupancy
verb
To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Tenure
Noun
Singular:
tenurePlural:
tenuresOrigin of Tenure
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From Anglo-Norman, from Old French teneure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenit(us), from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French teneure from tenir to hold from Latin tenēre to hold ten- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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