/
ˈfɪkstʃə,
-tjə/
n.
- a piece of equipment or furniture which is fixed in position in a building or vehicle.
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(fixtures)
articles attached to a house or land and considered legally part of it so that they normally remain in place when an owner moves. Compare with fitting (in sense 2).
- informal a person or thing that is well established in a place or situation.
- Brit. a sporting event which takes place on a particular date.
Etymology
C16: alt. (first found in Shakespeare) of obs. fixure (from late L. fixura, from L. figere ‘to fix’), with t inserted on the pattern of mixture.