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Tenure vs Nontenure - What's the difference?

tenure | nontenure |

As nouns the difference between tenure and nontenure

is that tenure is a status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency while nontenure is (legal) a defendant's plea that he/she did not hold the land, as affirmed.

As a verb tenure

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

tenure

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
  • * Cowper
  • All that seems thine own, / Held by the tenure of his will alone.
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    (a status of possessing a thing or an office) incumbency

    Derived terms

    * tenure-track

    Verb

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

    Anagrams

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    nontenure

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (legal) A defendant's plea that he/she did not hold the land, as affirmed.