tenure

period of office (Amtsdauer)

TRANSLATION

tenure = die Beschäftigungsdauer, die Amtszeit, die Amtsdauer

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"Greg Dyke promised to increase the number of staff from ethnic minorities working for the BBC, particularly in management, during his TENURE as Director-General of the BBC."

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tenure

: the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (as a landed property, a position, or an office)

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French teneüre, tenure, from Medieval Latin tenitura, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin tenitus, past participle of Latin tenEre to hold

Date: 15th century

Note also:

job tenure = die Arbeitsplatzgarantie, die Dauer der Betriebszugehörigkeit, die Dauer des Beschäftigungsverhältnisses

to have tenure = unkündbar angestellt sein
 
tenure by lease = der Pachtbesitz    

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