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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. Want to learn more?
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.
From Longman Business Dictionary ten‧ure /ˈtenjə, -jʊə-jər/ noun [uncountable] 1 the period of time when someone has an important job or position During his four-year tenure as president, the firm’s annual revenue rose dramatically. 2 the right to stay permanently in a job, for example a teaching job in a university the life tenure of judges at ...
5 days ago · tenure (countable and uncountable, plural tenures) A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency. 1781 (date written), William Cowper, “Expostulation”, in Poems, London: […] J [oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC: All that seems thine own, / Held by the tenure of his will alone. It will be rather entertaining to watch Merriman ...
