tenure

IPA: tˈɛnjɝ

A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
A period of time during which something is possessed.
A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
A right to hold land under the feudal system.

(transitive) To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).

Examples of "tenure" in Sentences

Well, his tenure is almost certainly over come January
According to Webster's Dictionary, the term tenure is defined as:
That's a very different question from whether tenure is a good institution.
The ABA issue doesn't depend on whether tenure is a good idea, in and of itself, does it?
And if you align due process with a real evaluation system, then this issue about whether tenure is a job for life is moot because it isn't.
Other states like Connecticut, New York and Michigan have simply eliminated the word "tenure" from the Latin tenere, meaning to hold or keep from the books while retaining the due-process rights it embodies.
The problems of shirking are certainly not limited to law school faculty either -- there are many, many faculty who turn off the research pump (or at least dial it down dramatically) once the tenure is achieved?
But if, and I see this as a big if that is yet unestablished, Gonzales was denied tenure **because** of his pro-ID views, **and he was otherwise qualified for tenure** then that is a violation of the principles of academic freedom.