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tenure

te·nure

UK/ˈtɛn.jʊə/ US/ˈtɛn.jə/ uncommon
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

the term during which some position is held

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2.

verb

1.

give life-time employment to

  • “She was tenured after she published her book”

Origin

From Middle English tenure, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenitus, from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura.

Phrases

  • land tenure

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