ten ‧ ure /ˈtenjə, -jʊə $ -jər/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Medieval Latin tenitura , from Latin tenere ; ⇨ ↑ tenor ]
1 . the right to stay permanently in a teaching job:
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to acquire academic tenure.
2 . formal the period of time when someone has an important job:
The company has doubled in value during his tenure.
3 . law the legal right to live in a house or use a piece of land for a period of time
—tenured adjective :
a tenured professor
a tenured position