See Also: spike 1, noun(dictionary)
tenure(dictionary)
non-tenure(dictionary)
Tenure(money)
tenure(1)(dictionary)
tenure(2)(dictionary)
Tenure of Office Act(encyclopedia)
NON TENURE, pleading(law)
feudal land tenure(encyclopedia)
spike(1)(dictionary)

tenure(1) (iou) and spike 1, noun (oh)


tenure(1) (iou)



tenure noun. LME.
[Old French, from tenir to hold from Latin tenere: see -URE.]
1. Law. The (form of) right or title by which, or conditions under which, land or buildings are held, esp. when not freehold. Cf. TENEMENT 1. LME.
military tenure: see MILITARY adjective. tenure in capite: see CAPITE. tenure in villeinage: see VILLEINAGE 1.
2. A holding of land; = TENEMENT 2. Long rare or obsolete. LME.
3. The action or fact of holding anything; the possession of a position, power, or office; the duration or period of such possession, a term. L16.
D. Fraser Brooke's tenure of command at Stanmore only lasted thirteen months.
b. (Title to) authority over or control of a person or thing. L19.
c. spec. Guaranteed permanent Employment in a job (esp. as a lecturer or teacher) after a probationary period. M20.
Times Literary Supplement The first book gets you tenure. attrib.: Nature The tenure system simply allows dead wood to remain in the university.
Comb.: tenure track (chiefly N. Amer.) an Employment structure whereby the holder of a (usu. academic) post is guaranteed consideration for eventual tenure, usu. within a specified period.
tenurial adjective of or pertaining to the tenure of land L19.
tenurially adverb L19.

spike 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: Probably from Middle Dutch]
something long and thin with a sharp point, especially a pointed piece of metal
[usually singular] a sudden large increase in the number or rate of something
spike in
::a spike in interest rates
spikes [plural] shoes with metal points on the bottom, worn by people who run races, play Golf etc
spike heels [plural] a pair of women's shoes with very high thin heels