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English

Pronunciation

Noun

tenure (plural tenures)

  1. a status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency
  2. a period of time during which it is possessed
  3. a status of having a permanent post at an academic institution
  4. a right to hold land under the feudal system

Synonyms

(a status of possessing a thing or an office): incumbency

Related terms

Verb

to tenure (third-person singular simple present tenures, present participle tenuring, simple past and past participle tenured)

  1. (transitive) To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).

References

  1. ↑ 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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French

Noun

tenure f. (plural tenures)

  1. tenure

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