tenure
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Anglo-Norman, from Old French teneure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenit(us), from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura.
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[edit] Noun
tenure (plural tenures)
- a status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency
- a period of time during which it is possessed
- a status of having a permanent post at an academic institution
- a right to hold land under the feudal system
[edit] Synonyms
(a status of possessing a thing or an office): incumbency
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[edit] Translations
a status of possessing a thing or an office
a period of time possessed
a status of having a permanent post
a right to hold land
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[edit] Verb
tenure (third-person singular simple present tenures, present participle tenuring, simple past and past participle tenured)
- (transitive) To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese. Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003 (in collaboration with Oxford University Press). ISBN 8839551107. Online version here
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[edit] French
[edit] Noun
tenure f. (plural tenures)
- tenure
