Tenure vs Wadsetter - What's the difference?

tenure | wadsetter |


As nouns the difference between tenure and wadsetter

is that tenure is a status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency while wadsetter is a person who holds tenure by wadset.

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

    Related terms

    * * tenurial

    Verb

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

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    Anagrams

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    wadsetter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A person who holds tenure by wadset