Tenure definition
The length of time, or the conditions under which, something is held.
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The act or right of holding property, an office, a position, etc.
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The status afforded teachers and professors, long considered a cornerstone of academic freedom of protection against dismissal without adequate cause.
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A period during which something is held.
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A general legal protection of a long-term relationship, such as employment.
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To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).
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Tenure is the act or length of time that something is held or the achieved status of having one's employment position become permanent.
An example of tenure is holding a piece of property in your possession only until death as part of a real estate agreement.
An example of tenure is a teacher being guaranteed a job at a school where she's taught for a predetermined amount of time.
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The act, fact, manner, or condition of holding something in one's possession, as real estate or an office; occupation.
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The status of holding one's position on a permanent basis, granted to teachers, civil service personnel, etc. on the fulfillment of specified requirements.
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An ancient hierarchical system of land possession or holding in subordination to a superior.
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The status of holding one's position on a permanent basis without periodic contract renewals.
A teacher granted tenure on a faculty.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
tenure
Plural:
tenuresOrigin of tenure
- 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
- From Anglo-Norman, from Old French teneure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenit(us), from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura.
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