tenure
the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.
the holding of property, especially real property, of a superior in return for services to be rendered.
the period or term of holding something.
status granted to an employee, usually after a probationary period, indicating that the position or employment is permanent.
to give tenure to: After she served three years on probation, the committee tenured her.
Origin of tenure
1Other words from tenure
- ten·u·ri·al [ten-yoor-ee-uhl], /tɛnˈyʊər i əl/, adjective
- ten·u·ri·al·ly, adverb
- non·ten·u·ri·al, adjective
- non·ten·u·ri·al·ly, adverb
- un·der·ten·ure, noun
Words that may be confused with tenure
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How to use tenure in a sentence
Backstage, a young woman, who was just a child during the first two Cianci tenures, patiently waited to hand him her card.
Can America’s Favorite Ex-Con Mayor Win Again? | David Freedlander | June 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTChenault, having run the firm since 2001, enjoys one of the longest tenures of any big New York financial firm.
American Express Charges Backward, Laying Off 5,400 | Daniel Gross | January 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAll future tenures created by the king to be in free and common socage, reserving rents to the Crown and also fines on alienation.
Landholding In England | Joseph FisherAmong other important reforms he destroyed the old distinction between land tenures, and made transfers simple.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneA system of feudal service-tenures (lala) is the institution on which their social and political fabric mainly depended.
The most secure of all tenures was that by which the Church held what was once her own.
Tenures of cumin do not appear to have been common in the two counties.
Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland | Daniel Scott
British Dictionary definitions for tenure
/ (ˈtɛnjʊə, ˈtɛnjə) /
the possession or holding of an office or position
the length of time an office, position, etc, lasts; term
mainly US and Canadian the improved security status of a person after having been in the employ of the same company or institution for a specified period
the right to permanent employment until retirement, esp for teachers, lecturers, etc
property law
the holding or occupying of property, esp realty, in return for services rendered, etc
the duration of such holding or occupation
Origin of tenure
1Derived forms of tenure
- tenurial, adjective
- tenurially, adverb
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