incumbent

/ษชnหˆkสŒmbษ™nt/

IPA: /IH0 N K AH1 M B AH0 N T/

noun
  1. 1

    The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office.

  2. 2

    A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits.

adjective
  1. 1

    Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office.

    โ€œProper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust.โ€

  2. 2

    Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.

  3. 3

    Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.

  4. 4

    Resting on something else; in botany, said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them.

  5. 5

    Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else.

    โ€œthe incumbent toe of a birdโ€

  6. 6

    Being the current holder of an office or a title.

    โ€œIf the incumbent senator dies, he is replaced by a person appointed by the governor.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/incumbent