Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - fixture

 noun  Etymology: modification of Late Latin fixura, from Latin fixus  Date: 1598  1. the act or process of fixing ; the state of being fixed  2.  a. something that is fixed or attached (as to a building) as a permanent appendage or as a structural part a plumbing ~  b. a device for supporting work during machining  c. an item of movable property so incorporated into real property that it may be regarded as legally a part of it  3. a familiar or invariably present element or feature in some particular setting; especially a person long associated with a place or activity  4. a settled date or time especially for a sporting or festive event; also such an event especially as a regularly scheduled affair