tenure
/ˈtɛnjɚ/
noun
plural
tenures
tenure
/ˈtɛnjɚ/
noun
plural
tenures
Britannica Dictionary definition of TENURE
1
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the amount of time that a person holds a job, office, or title
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During his tenure as head coach, the team won the championship twice.
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her 12-year tenure with the company
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His tenure in office will end with the next election.
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2
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the right to keep a job (especially the job of being a professor at a college or university) for as long as you want to have it
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After seven years I was finally granted tenure.
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He hopes to get tenure next year.
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3
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law
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the right to use property
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The defendant did not have tenure on the land.
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land tenure in Anglo-Saxon Britain
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— tenured
/ˈtɛnjɚd/
adjective,
US
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She became a tenured professor.
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tenured faculty members
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