tenure

  1. Noun.  a status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
  2. Noun.  a period of time during which it is possessed.
  3. Noun.  a status of having a permanent post at an academic institution.
  4. Noun.  a right to hold land under the feudal system.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).

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