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incumbency

  • /ɪŋˈkʌmbənsi/

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From incumbent + -cy.

noun incumbencies

  1. countable, uncountable The state of being incumbent.
  2. countable, uncountable An obligation or duty.
  3. countable, uncountable A tenure.
  4. countable, figuratively, uncountable Benefice, lucrative position or possession. The early antitrust reformers warned that even beyond its effect on prices, economic power could buy influence in Congress. Monopolies don’t just dominate their own industries, Justice Louis Brandeis said in 1933; they monopolize political power as well, which allows them to protect their incumbency

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noun state of being incumbent

Españolincumbencia
DeutschAmt, Amtsinhaberschaft
Italianoincombenza

noun obligation or duty

Españolincumbencia
Portuguêsincumbência
Françaisressort
DeutschPflicht, Aufgabe, Verpflichtung, Obliegenheit
Italianocompetenza, affare, affari, incombenza
Русскийобя́занность objázannostʹ, долг dolg

noun tenure

Españolcargo, mandato, beneficio, titularidad
DeutschAmtszeit, Amt, Pfründe
Русскийпребыва́ние в до́лжности prebyvánije v dólžnosti

noun benefice, lucrative position or possession

DeutschPfründe
Русскийбенефи́ций benefícij

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@misc{incumbency_2026,
  title = {incumbency},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/incumbency},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}