TENURE

tenure, land tenure

(noun) the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands

tenure, term of office, incumbency

(noun) the term during which some position is held

tenure

(verb) give life-time employment to; “She was tenured after she published her book”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

tenure (countable and uncountable, plural tenures)

A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.

A period of time during which something is possessed.

A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.

A right to hold land under the feudal system.

Synonyms

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

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).

Anagrams

• neuter, retune, run tee, tureen, untree

Source: Wiktionary

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Ten"ure, n. Etym: [F. tenure, OF. teneure, fr. F. tenir to hold. See Tenable.]

1. The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate. That the tenure of estates might rest on equity, the Indian title to lands was in all cases to be quieted. Bancroft.

2. (Eng. Law)

Definition: The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.

Note: Tenure is inseparable from the idea of property in land, according to the theory of the English law; and this idea of tenure pervades, to a considerable extent, the law of real property in the United States, where the title to land is essentially allodial, and almost all lands are held in fee simple, not of a superior, but the whole right and title to the property being vested in the owner. Tenure, in general, then, is the particular manner of holding real estate, as by exclusive title or ownership, by fee simple, by fee tail, by courtesy, in dower, by copyhold, by lease, at will, etc.

3. The consideration, condition, or service which the occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use of his land.

4. Manner of holding, in general; as, in absolute governments, men hold their rights by a precarious tenure. All that seems thine own, Held by the tenure of his will alone. Cowper. Tenure by fee alms. (Law) See Frankalmoigne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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