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Synonyms of the word 
INCUMBENCY → BERTH - BILLET - DUTY - OBLIGATION - OFFICE - PLACE - POSITION - POST - RESPONSIBILITY - SITUATION - SPOT - TENURE - TERMincumbency- n. The state of being incumbent.
- n. An obligation or duty.
- n. A tenure.
- n. (figuratively) benefice, lucrative position or possession.
berth- n. A fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc).
- n. Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.).
- n. A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
- n. (nautical) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
- n. A job or position, especially on a ship.
- n. (sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
- n. (sports) position on the field of play.
- v. (transitive) to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth.
- v. (transitive) to assign a berth (bunk or position) to.
billet- n. A short informal letter.
- n. A written order to quarter soldiers.
- n. A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.
- n. An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.
- n. (figuratively) Berth; position.
- v. (transitive, of a householder etc.) To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
- v. (intransitive, of a soldier) To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
- v. (transitive) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.
- n. (metallurgy) A semi-finished length of metal.
- n. A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
- n. (heraldry) A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.
- n. (architecture) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round.
- n. (saddlery) A strap that enters a buckle.
- n. A loop that receives the end of a buckled strap.
duty- n. That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
- n. A period of time spent at work or doing a particular task.
- n. Describing a workload as to its idle, working and de-energized periods.
- n. A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff, customs duty, excise duty.
- n. (obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
- n. (obsolete) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
- n. The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain…
obligation- n. The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
- n. A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid…
- n. A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.
- n. (law) A legal agreement stipulating a specified payment or action; the document containing such agreement.
office- n. (religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly.
- n. A position of responsibility.
- n. Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.
- n. (obsolete) An official or group of officials; (figuratively) a personification of officeholders.
- n. A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; (obsolete, rare) moral…
- n. (obsolete) The performance of a duty; an instance of performing a duty.
- n. (archaic) Function: anything typically done by or expected of something.
- n. (obsolete) A bodily function, (particularly) urination and defecation; an act of urination or defecation.
- n. (now usually in plural) A service, a kindness.
- n. (figuratively, slang) Inside information.
- n. A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly.
- n. (figuratively) The staff of such places.
- n. (figuratively, in large organizations) The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly.
- n. (now in the plural, dated) The parts of a house or estate devoted to manual work and storage, as the kitchen,…
- n. (Britain law, historical) Clipping of inquest of office: an inquest undertaken on occasions when the Crown…
- n. (obsolete) A piece of land used for hunting; the area of land overseen by a gamekeeper.
- n. (figuratively, slang, obsolete) A hangout: a place where one is normally found.
- n. (Britain military slang, dated) A plane's cockpit, particularly an observer's cockpit.
- n. (computing) A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and…
- v. To provide (someone) with an office.
- v. (intransitive) To have an office.
place- n. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
- n. A location or position in space.
- n. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
- n. (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
- n. (obsolete, rhetoric) A topic.
- n. A frame of mind.
- n. (chess, obsolete) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
- n. (social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
- n. (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
- n. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
- n. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
- n. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
- v. (transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
- v. (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
- v. (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
- v. (transitive, passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
- v. (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
- v. (transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
- v. (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
- v. (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).
position- n. A place or location.
- n. A post of employment; a job.
- n. A status or rank.
- n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
- n. A posture.
- n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
- n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
- n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
- n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
- v. To put into place.
post- n. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post.
- n. (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
- n. A pole in a battery.
- n. (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- n. (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
- n. (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
- n. (sports) A goalpost.
- n. (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers;…
- v. (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
- v. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
- v. (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
- v. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
- v. (transitive, poker) To pay (a blind).
- n. (obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility…
- n. (dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of…
- n. A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such…
- n. (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
- n. An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
- n. A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person…
- n. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum.
- n. A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- n. (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line…
- n. (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
- n. (obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
- v. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
- v. To travel quickly; to hurry.
- v. (Britain) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
- v. (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially…
- v. (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- adv. With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly.
- adv. Sent via the postal service.
- n. An assigned station; a guard post.
- n. An appointed position in an organization, job.
- v. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
- v. To assign to a station; to set; to place.
- prep. After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
- n. (film, informal) Post-production.
responsibility- n. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.
- n. A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
- n. (military) The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion. With responsibility…
- n. (military) The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted…
situation- n. The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
- n. The place in which something is situated; a location.
- n. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
- n. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
- n. (Britain) A position of employment; a post.
- n. A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.
spot- n. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally…
- n. A stain or disfiguring mark.
- n. A pimple, papule or pustule.
- n. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
- n. (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
- n. A location or area.
- n. A parking space.
- n. (sports) An official determination of placement.
- n. A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- n. (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- n. Difficult situation; predicament.
- n. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist…
- n. (soccer) Penalty spot.
- n. The act of spotting or noticing something.
- n. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
- n. A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind…
- n. The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of…
- n. (in the plural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate…
- n. An autosoliton.
- n. (finance) A decimal point; point.
- v. (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
- v. (finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
- v. To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- v. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist…
- v. (dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
- v. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
- v. To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
- v. To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. Notably in billiards or snooker.
- adj. (commerce) Available on the spot; on hand for immediate payment or delivery.
tenure- n. A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
- n. A period of time during which something is possessed.
- n. A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
- n. A right to hold land under the feudal system.
- v. (transitive) To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).
term- n. Limitation, restriction or regulation.
- n. Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
- n. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
- n. (geometry, archaic) A point, line, or superficies that limits.
- n. A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
- n. Relations among people.
- n. Part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.
- n. Duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.
- n. (of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
- n. (archaic) A menstrual period.
- n. (mathematics) Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or…
- n. (logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism,…
- n. (astrology) An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships…
- n. (architecture) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or…
- n. (nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
- v. To phrase a certain way, especially with an unusual wording.
- n. (computing, informal) terminal (computer program that emulates a physical terminal).
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To terminate one's employment.
- n. One whose employment has been terminated.
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