Tenure

Noun

 * 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
incumbency

Related terms

 * tenant‎
 * tenurial

Verb

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

Adjectives for Tenure
property; fixed; solitary; lifelong; permanent; indefinite.

Thesaurus
adverse possession, alodium, appointment, berth, billet, burgage, claim, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, colony, continuous tenure, de facto, de jure, dependency, derivative title, duration, employment, engagement, enlistment, fee fief, fee position, fee simple, fee simple absolute, fee simple conditional, fee simple defeasible, fee simple determinable, fee tail, feodum, feud, fiefdom, frankalmoign, free socage, freehold, gavelkind, gig, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, having title to, hitch, hold, holding, incumbency, job, knight service, lay fee, lease, leasehold, legal claim, legal possession, mandate, moonlighting, occupancy, occupation, office, opening, original title, owning, permanence, permanency, place, position, possessing, possession, post, preoccupancy, preoccupation, prepossession, prescription, prison term, property, property rights, proprietary rights, residence, residency, second job, seisin, service, situation, socage, spell, squatting, station, stretch, sublease, tenancy, tenantry, tenure in chivalry, term, time, title, tour, underlease, undertenancy, usucapion, vacancy, villein socage, villeinhold, villenage

Etymology
From <  teneure <  *tenitura < *tenit(us) <  tentus (< teneō) + -ura.

Noun

 * Finnish: virassapysymisoikeus
 * German: Besitz
 * Greek:
 * Italian: essere titolare, permanenza in carica


 * Japanese: 保有
 * Russian: владение
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: పదవీ కాలం (padaveekaalaM)


 * Finnish: virassaoloaika, virkakausi
 * Italian: durata di un incarico, di un mandato
 * Japanese: 保有期間


 * Polish: kadencja
 * Serbo-Croatian: mandat
 * Telugu: పదవీ కాలం (padaveekaalaM)


 * German: Bekleidung, Innehaben
 * Greek:


 * Italian: essere di ruolo or titolare di una cattedra
 * Japanese: 終身


 * Finnish: hallintaoikeus, hallussapito
 * French:
 * German: Besitztitel, Besitzanspruch


 * Italian: godimento di un terreno
 * Japanese: 世襲


 * : 佔有權, 占有权
 * : ambtstermijn


 * : 임기
 * : arrendamiento

Anagrams

 * neuter
 * retune
 * run tee
 * tureen

Noun

 * 1) tenure

Anagrams

 * eurent
 * neutre
 * retenu
 * teneur