[ 'fɪkstʃə , -tjə ]
■ noun
1》 a piece of equipment or furniture which is fixed in position in a building or vehicle.
↘( ~s ) articles attached to a house or land and considered legally part of it so that they normally remain in place when an owner moves. Compare with fitting (in sense 2).
2》 informal a person or thing that is well established in a place or situation.
3》 Brit. a sporting event which takes place on a particular date.
Origin
C16: alt. (first found in Shakespeare) of obs. fixure (from late L. fixura , from L. figere 'to fix'), with t inserted on the pattern of mixture .