tenure
pronunciation
How to pronounce tenure in British English:
UK [ˈtenjə(r)]
How to pronounce tenure in American English:
US [ˈtenjər]
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- Noun:
- the term during which some position is held
- the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
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- Verb:
- give life-time employment to
Word Origin
- tenure
- tenure: see tenant
- tenure (n.)
- early 15c., "holding of a tenement," from Anglo-French and Old French tenure "a tenure, estate in land" (13c.), from Old French tenir "to hold," from Vulgar Latin *tenire, from Latin tenere "to hold" (see tenet). The sense of "condition or fact of holding a status, position, or occupation" is first attested 1590s. Meaning "guaranteed tenure of office" (usually at a university or school) is recorded from 1957. Related: Tenured (1961).
Example
- 1. Yet mr chen 's tenure undermined these arguments .
- 2. Mr apotheker 's brief tenure ended soon afterwards .
- 3. Unlike university professors , superpowers have no tenure .
- 4. They also were more common when the ceo had longer tenure .
- 5. How kindly will history judge his tenure as treasury secretary is another matter .