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tenure (s) (noun), tenures (pl)
1. A period of time during which a person has an important job or is an elected official: The politician's tenure was cut short when he lost his reelection campaign.
2. A situation in which land or a building, or part of a building, is occupied or held: Ted and Mary lost the tenure to their apartment and had to move to another part of town to a new residence.
Right of holding or the time or term during which something is held.
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tenure, tenures
An act or term of holding or possessing something; such as, a member of the faculty of an educational institution or a political position; the period of time that a person can occupy an apartment, house, or another form of real estate. (1)
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