tenure
21tenure — Synonyms and related words: adverse possession, alodium, appointment, berth, billet, burgage, claim, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, colony, continuous tenure, de facto, de jure, dependency, derivative title, duration, employment,… …
22tenure — ten|ure [ˈtenjə, juə US jər] n [U] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: Medieval Latin tenitura, from Latin tenere; TENOR] 1.) the right to stay permanently in a teaching job ▪ It s becoming increasingly difficult to acquire academic tenure .… …
23tenure — ten•ure [[t]ˈtɛn yər[/t]] n. v. ured, ur•ing. n. 1) the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office[/ex] 2) the holding of property, esp. real property, of a superior in return for services to be rendered 3) the period or term of… …
24tenure — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French teneure, tenure, from Medieval Latin tenitura, from Vulgar Latin *tenitus, past participle of Latin tenēre to hold more at thin Date: 15th century 1. the act, right, manner, or term of holding… …
25tenure — 1. noun /ˈte.njɚ/ a) a status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency b) a period of time during which it is possessed Syn: incumbency See Also: tenant, tenurial 2 …
26tenure — ten|ure [ tenjər ] noun uncount 1. ) AMERICAN a teacher who has tenure can stay in their job permanently, usually after they have taught for a particular number of years 2. ) FORMAL the period of time during which someone has an important job or… …
27tenure — British a job for life University jargon for security of employment until retirement of a teacher confirmed in his post, to encourage and ensure academic freedom but sometimes providing for the idle, the ageing, the tired, and the… …
28tenure — [ tɛnjə] noun 1》 the conditions under which land or buildings are held or occupied. 2》 the holding of an office. ↘the period of this. verb give a permanent post to. ↘[as adjective tenured] having or denoting such a post. Phrases security of… …
29tenure — noun (U) 1 the right to stay permanently in a teaching job at university 2 formal the period of time when someone has an important job: throughout his tenure in office 3 law the legal right to live in a house or use a piece of land for a period… …
30tenure — UK [ˈtenjə(r)] / US [ˈtenjər] noun [uncountable] 1) the period of time during which someone has an important job or is an elected official 2) legal someone s right to live on land and own it 3) a university teacher who has tenure can stay in… …
