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- Dictionarytenure/ˈtɛnjə/
noun
- 1. the conditions under which land or buildings are held or occupied. Similar
- 2. the holding of an office: "his tenure of the premiership would be threatened" Similar
verb
- 1. give (someone) a permanent post, especially as a teacher or lecturer: "I had recently been tenured and then promoted to full professor"
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TENURE definition: 1. being the legal owner of land, a job, or an official public position, or the period of time…. Learn more.
The meaning of TENURE is the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office); especially : a status granted after a trial period to a teacher that gives protection from summary dismissal.
being the legal owner of land, a job, or an official public position, or the period of time during which you own it: During his tenure as dean, he had a real influence on the students. the right to remain permanently in a job: have tenure She is one of the few people in the English Department who has tenure.
Tenure is the legal right to live in a particular building or to use a particular piece of land during a fixed period of time. Lack of security of tenure was a reason for many families becoming homeless.
noun. /ˈtenjə (r)/. /ˈtenjər/. [uncountable] the period of time when somebody holds an important job, especially a political one; the act of holding an important job. his four-year tenure as president. She had a long tenure of office. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
noun. 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.
the legal right to live in a building or use a piece of land for a period. tenure noun [U] (TIME) the period of time when someone has an important job: his tenure as president. tenure noun [U] (PERMANENT) If you have tenure in your job, your job is permanent.
1. a. The act, fact, manner, or condition of holding something in one's possession, as real estate or an office; occupation. b. A period during which something is held. 2. The status of holding one's position on a permanent basis without periodic contract renewals: a teacher granted tenure on a faculty.
TENURE meaning: 1 : the amount of time that a person holds a job, office, or title; 2 : 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.
Tenure from the Latin tenere means "to hold" and refers to the period of time a person works at a particular job or in an office. A president might have to deal with a recession during his tenure in the White House.
