the period of time during which someone has an important job or is an elected official
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someone’s right to live on land and own it
EDUCATION
a university teacher who has tenure can stay in their job permanently, usually after they have taught for a particular number of years
tenure
1: the amount of time that a person holds a job, office, or title
During his tenure as head coach, the team won the championship twice.
her 12-year tenure with the company
His tenure in office will end with the next election.
2: the right to keep a job (especially the job of being a professor at a college or university) for as long as you want
to have it
After seven years I was finally granted tenure.
He hopes to get tenure next year.
3. 토지나 주택을 사용할 권리.
law : the right to use property
The defendant did not have tenure on the land.
land tenure in Anglo-Saxon Britain
