fixture

noun

1. something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc.: a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.
2. a person or thing long established in the same place or position.
3. Machinery.
   1. any of various devices for holding work in a machine tool, especially one for machining in a straight line, as in a planer or milling machine.
   2. any of various devices for holding parts in certain positions during welding, assembly, etc.
4. Law. a movable chattel, as a machine or heating plant, that, by reason of annexation to real property and adaptation to continuing use in connection with the realty, is considered a part of the realty.
5. Fox Hunting. one of a series of meets scheduled by a hunt to take place at a time and location listed on a card (fixture card) that is sent, usually once a month, to each member of a hunt.
6. the act of fixing.
7. British. an event that takes place regularly.

noun

1. an object firmly fixed in place, esp a household appliance
2. a person or thing regarded as fixed in a particular place or position
3. property law an article attached to land and regarded as part of it
4. a device to secure a workpiece in a machine tool
5. mainly British
   1. a sports match or social occasion
   2. the date of such an event
6. rare the act of fixing