tenure

tenure
ten·ure

English syllables. 2014.

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Synonyms:
(lands and tenements) / , , , , (for the time)


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  • Tenure — commonly refers to life tenure in a job and specifically to a senior academic s contractual right not to have their position terminated without just cause. Academic tenureUnder the tenure systems adopted as internal policy by many universities… …   Wikipedia

  • tenure — [ tənyr ] n. f. • teneüre 1156; de tenir ♦ Féod. Mode de concession d une terre; cette terre elle même. Tenure noble, féodale, concédée par un seigneur à un autre (⇒ fief) . Tenure roturière, servile. ♢ Relation de dépendance (d un fief par… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • tenure — ten‧ure [ˈtenjə, jʊə ǁ jər] noun [uncountable] 1. the period of time when someone has an important job or position: • During his four year tenure as president, the firm s annual revenue rose dramatically. 2. the right to stay permanently in a job …   Financial and business terms

  • tenure — ten·ure / ten yər/ n [Anglo French, feudal holding, from Old French teneüre, from Medieval Latin tenitura, ultimately from Latin tenēre to hold] 1: the act, manner, duration, or right of holding something tenure of office; specif: the manner of… …   Law dictionary

  • tenure — 1. (te nu r ) s. f. 1°   Terme de féodalité. Mode suivant lequel on tenait une terre. •   L imperfection de cette tenure [ne pouvoir disposer du bien tenu en mainmorte] n est pas le seul vice qui affecte l héritage mainmortable, VOLT. Pol. et lég …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Tenure — Ten ure, n. [F. tenure, OF. teneure, fr. F. tenir to hold. See {Tenable}.] 1. The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate. [1913 Webster] That the tenure of estates might rest on equity, the Indian title to lands was in all… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tenure — early 15c., holding of a tenement, from Anglo Fr. and O.Fr. tenure a tenure, estate in land (13c.), from O.Fr. tenir to hold, from V.L. *tenire, from L. tenere to hold (see TENET (Cf. tenet)). The sense of condition or fact of holding a status,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • tenure — s. f. Garantia de manutenção do posto de trabalho, mesmo em caso de reorganização de uma instituição (ex.: contrato com tenure).   ‣ Etimologia: inglês tenure, posse, título de posse …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • tenure — ► NOUN 1) the conditions under which land or buildings are held or occupied. 2) the holding of an office. ● security of tenure Cf. ↑security of tenure ORIGIN Old French, from Latin tenere to hold …   English terms dictionary

  • tenure — [n] time in position of responsibility administration, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, dynasty, grasp, grip, hold, holding, incumbency, occupancy, occupation, ownership, possession, proprietorship, regime, reign, residence, security,… …   New thesaurus

  • tenure — [ten′yər, ten′yoor] n. [ME < MFr < tenir, to hold: see TENANT] 1. the act or right of holding property, an office, a position, etc. 2. the length of time, or the conditions under which, something is held 3. the status of holding one s… …   English World dictionary

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