tenure

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The period during which someone holds a job or position.

   During her tenure as mayor, the city built three new parks.

2. 2
   noun

   A permanent job with strong job security at a university or college.

   After years of teaching, she finally earned tenure.

3. 3
   verb

   To give someone a permanent academic position.

   He was tenured after many years of research.

From Middle English tenure, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenitus, from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura.

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