tenure
A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
Noun 4 meanings
A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
A period of time during which something is possessed.
A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
A right to hold land under the feudal system.
Verb 1 meaning
To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).
Etymology
From Middle English tenure, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenitus, from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura.
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TENURE at a glance
TENURE has 6 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (T 1 + E 1 + N 1 + U 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,866 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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