fixtures

Noun

fixture (plural fixtures)

1. Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.
   • The residence was sold with fixtures and fittings.
2. A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
   • I had to tell her all about my illness, and in return I had to endure a very long and circumstantial account of her rheumatism and her asthmatical ailments, which fortunately was interrupted by the noisy arrival of the children from the kitchen, where they had paid a visit to old Stine, a fixture...1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 4
3. A lighting unit; a luminaire.
4. A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
5. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A scheduled match.
6. A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.

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