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tenure (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: Medieval Latin tenitura, from Latin tenere; TENOR]
the right to stay permanently in a teaching job
::It's becoming increasingly difficult to acquire academic tenure .
formal the period of time when someone has an important job
::The company has doubled in value during his tenure.
law the legal right to live in a house or use a piece of land for a period of time
-- tenured adj
::a tenured professor
::a tenured position