fixture

fixture
fix•ture
[[t]ˈfɪks tʃər[/t]] n.
1) something securely and usu. permanently attached or appended, as to a building:
a light fixture[/ex]
2) a person or thing long established in the same place or position
3) law a chattel that has been attached to property so that its removal would damage the property and may therefore be considered as part of the property
4) the act of fixing
5) brit. an event that takes place regularly
Etymology: 1590–1600; var. of obs. fixure (< LL fixūra; see fix, -ure), with -t- from mixture

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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  • fixture — [fiks′chər] n. [< ME fixure (< LL fixura < L fixus: see FIX), altered by analogy with MIXTURE] 1. anything firmly in place 2. any of the fittings or furniture of a house, store, etc. attached to the building and, ordinarily, considered… …   English World dictionary

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