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31Incumbent advantage — An incumbent advantage is an advantage gained by someone already in a position, as compared to newcomers. See: *Incumbency advantage (politics), the advantage existing officeholders have in elections against challengers *Competitive moat, the… …
32incumbent — adj. Incumbent is used with these nouns: ↑Congressman, Congresswoman, ↑governor, ↑mayor, ↑party, ↑president, ↑prime minister …
33incumbent — Synonyms and related words: addressee, artist in residence, beetle, beetle browed, beetling, behooving, benefice holder, beneficiary, binding, bridging, burdensome, chargeable to, commanding, compulsory, cumbersome, cumbrous, demanding, denizen,… …
34incumbent on/upon — necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility. → incumbent …
35incumbent — [ɪn kʌmb(ə)nt] adjective 1》 (incumbent on/upon) necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility. 2》 (of an official or regime) currently holding office. noun the holder of an office or post. ↘Christian Church the holder of an ecclesiastical… …
36Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier — Abbreviated ILEC. A term coined from the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to describe the incumbent local telephone company, providing local transmission and switching services. See also Competitive Local Exchange Carrier …
37incumbent — adj. & n. adj. 1 (foll. by on, upon) resting as a duty (it is incumbent on you to warn them). 2 (often foll. by on) lying, pressing. n. the holder of an office or post, esp. an ecclesiastical benefice. Etymology: ME f. AL incumbens pres. part. of …
38incumbent — adj. [L. incumbere, to lie down upon] Bent downwards; to touch or rest upon …
39Incumbent — The holder of a Church *benefice …
40Incumbent — A term peculiar to the English Church but frequently used in this country to designate the Rector of a Parish. The word means one who holds or is in possession of any office; it occurs in the Institution Office …
