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tenure

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.jʊə/

The English word “tenure” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
  2. A period of time during which something is possessed.
  3. A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
  4. A right to hold land under the feudal system.

verb

  1. 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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