Synonym: incumbency, land tenure, term of office. Similar words: penury, penurious, tenuous, attenuate, nurse, menu, avenue, revenue. Meaning: ['te‚njə(r)] n. 1. the term during which some position is held 2. the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands. v. give life-time employment to.
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61. At the end of March 1921 Baldwin's long tenure of the Financial Secretaryship came to an end.
62. The voters even overlooked Mr Khatami's economic performance as dismal living conditions became even worse during his tenure.
63. Land tenure is a highly emotive, deeply cultural and political issue.
64. In some states, tenure becomes permanent as soon as the teacher completes the required probationary period.
65. They had on their faces a distrustful look, as if uncertain of the tenure of their harvest.
66. Lockhart said Dole had a history of opposing educational programs during his tenure in Congress.
67. And with what had might he had striven for tenure!
68. Following consolidation, farmers would have irrevocable freehold tenure to their land.
69. During her 12-year tenure at Beacon, annual sales tripled and the number of titles carried annually by the Boston publisher doubled.
70. Describes the areas in terms of income, employment, education, housing tenure, deprivation, ethnic composition and crime.
71. At a local scale, table 5.5 shows differences in tenure within Devon, an example of a predominantly rural county.
72. As expected, the association between social class and housing tenure is very strong.
73. We will extend the security of tenure in private rented accommodation to a similar level to that enjoyed by council tenants.
74. This strongly suggests that housing tenure is associated with more substantial and fundamental aspects than simply housing matters.
75. Although Mr Major's tenure in Huntingdon is beyond question, his past success meant that no Tory worker could relax.
76. Grand Met maintains the leases give landlords better security of tenure and more control over their pubs.
77. His or her average tenure in the investment field is 3 years.
78. The court ruled that the teacher could be transferred despite her tenure status.
79. The move was announced by Norman Lamont towards the end of his tenure of the Chancellorship.
80. The Houses of Parliament are also the final arbiters of the tenure of office of judges of the Supreme Court.
81. Unlike the Rector of Great Leighs the Nonconformist minister had no security of tenure.
82. These laws describe the procedures teachers must follow to achieve tenure.
83. First,(sentencedict.com) a statute may require that the school board take affirmative action to elect a teacher to tenure status.
84. This would be incompatible with the tenure of life on Earth.
85. His service and wise counsel during his tenure as chairman have been greatly appreciated by all of us on the Board.
86. After 11 months at Hilton, Bollenbach has had a similar kind of brief, high-impact tenure.
87. But it was during his tenure that the College Council debarred them.
88. The abolition of escheat has meant the abolition of the last of the practical consequences of free tenure.
89. The court concluded that it would be inconsistent with these purposes for it to confer tenure status on a teacher.
90. Tenure differences may also reflect differences in lifestyle and attitudes.