Verb
- 1. tenure, promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
- usage: give life-time employment to; "She was tenured after she published her book"
Adjective
- 1. tenured, irremovable (vs. removable)
- usage: appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime; "an irremovable officer"; "a tenured professor"
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