tenure

/ˈtenjər/ noun formal

Definition

› [C] WORKPLACE the period of time during which someone is in an important job or position: His 14-year tenure included some of the store's best times.sb's tenure as sth Seven years ago, I began my official tenure as lab director.under sb's tenure Listings at the NYSE soared under his tenure.

› [U] WORKPLACE the right to remain permanently in a job, especially as a teacher at a university: have tenure He took a semester off from UA, where he has tenure. What grounds did the university give for denying tenure to you?

› [U] LAW, PROPERTY the legal right to use a piece of land or a property: grant sb tenure They were not granted tenure to the land.

→ See also job tenure, security of tenure

(Definition of tenure noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)