tenure
[noun]
Synonyms: hold, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe

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ten‧ure /ˈtenjə, -jʊə $ -jər/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: 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.

2. formal the period of time when someone has an important job:
The company has doubled in value during his tenure.

3. law the legal right to live in a house or use a piece of land for a period of time
—tenured adjective:
a tenured professor
a tenured position

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tenure
noun
I. holding an important position
ADJ. life, long | brief, short
VERB + TENURE have She had a long tenure of office.
PREP. during sb's ~ He achieved a lot during his short tenure.
PHRASES a tenure of office

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tenure
II. legal right to occupy property/land
ADJ. life, secure | fixed-period | housing, land | feudal, freehold
PHRASES security of tenure The tenants have security of tenure.

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tenure
III. right to remain permanently in your job
ADJ. academic
VERB + TENURE have | get | grant sb She has been granted tenure at Leeds University.

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