tenure

mandato

Tiempo durante el cual una persona ocupa un empleo o un cargo oficial.

En inglés sencillo: The period during which someone holds a job or official position.

• His tenure ended in June.
• During her tenure as director, sales doubled.
• The mayor’s second tenure in office was shorter than his first.

Cómo se usa: tenure as something (Her tenure as mayor lasted eight years.); during someone’s tenure (The company grew during his tenure.)

Sinónimos: term, term of office

Expresiones frecuentes: during someone’s tenure, tenure as something, tenure in office

titularidad, plaza fija

Derecho de un docente universitario a conservar su puesto de forma permanente, salvo en circunstancias excepcionales.

En inglés sencillo: The right of a university teacher to keep their job permanently, except in unusual circumstances.

• She finally got tenure.
• The university awarded tenure to three professors.
• He applied for tenure after six years of teaching.

Sinónimos: permanent appointment

Expresiones frecuentes: get tenure, grant tenure, academic tenure

tenencia feudal

Derecho a poseer tierras dentro de un sistema en el que las controla un rey o señor.

En inglés sencillo: The right to hold land under a system in which a ruler or lord controls it.

• The land was held by feudal tenure.
• Military service was a condition of his tenure.
• The document described the family’s tenure of the estate.

Expresiones frecuentes: feudal tenure, land tenure, tenure of land

conceder una plaza fija

Dar a un docente universitario el derecho a conservar su puesto de forma permanente.

En inglés sencillo: To give a university teacher the right to keep their job permanently.

• The university decided to tenure her.
• They tenured two professors last year.
• The department rarely tenures staff so early in their careers.

Expresiones frecuentes: tenure a professor, tenure someone