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Noun tenure has 2 senses
  1. tenure, term of office, incumbency - the term during which some position is held
    --1 is a kind of term
    --1 has particulars: presidency, presidential term, administration
    Derived form: verb tenure1
  2. tenure, land tenure - the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
    --2 is a kind of legal right
    --2 has particulars: copyhold; freehold; villeinage
,Verb tenure has 1 sense
  1. tenure - give life-time employment to; "She was tenured after she published her book"
    --1 is one way to     promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
    Derived form: noun tenure1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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