tenure
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[change]- If a professor has tenure, they may continue to work for the university without fear of being fired.
- Tenure is the conditions to hold a piece of land.
- The tenure of an officeholder is the time they are in office.
- Synonyms: incumbency and term
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- (transitive) If you tenure something, you give someone a permanent office or position.