term

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Noun

1. That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
2. A condition or restriction. Any of the binding conditions or promises in a contract or agreement.
   • Be sure to read the terms and conditions before signing.
   • Alright, look...we can spend the holidays with your parents, but this time it will be on my terms.
   • Q: What are your company's terms? A: Net thirty, cash or check. [This answer means that the net total must be paid within 30 days; see Net D.]
   • The latest models are available now, on the lowest terms you'll find anywhere, guaranteed.
3. Any of the binding conditions or promises in a contract or agreement.
   • Be sure to read the terms and conditions before signing.
   • Alright, look...we can spend the holidays with your parents, but this time it will be on my terms.
4. Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made.
   • Q: What are your company's terms? A: Net thirty, cash or check. [This answer means that the net total must be paid within 30 days; see Net D.]
   • The latest models are available now, on the lowest terms you'll find anywhere, guaranteed.
5. A chronological limitation or division. A limited or defined timespan.
   • The term of a lease agreement is the period of time during which the lease is effective, and may be fixed, periodic, or of indefinite duration.
   • He was sentenced to a term of six years in prison.
   • The term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt.
   • near-term, mid-term and long-term goals
   • The president is almost half way through his term.
   • At our school, sports day was always held at the end of the summer term.
   • A pregnancy didn't come to term.
   • at term
6. A limited or defined timespan.
   • The term of a lease agreement is the period of time during which the lease is effective, and may be fixed, periodic, or of indefinite duration.
   • He was sentenced to a term of six years in prison.
   • The term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt.
   • near-term, mid-term and long-term goals
7. Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
   • The president is almost half way through his term.
8. The time during which legal courts are open.
9. (Can we verify this sense?) Certain days on which rent is paid.
10. Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.
    • At our school, sports day was always held at the end of the summer term.
11. With respect to a pregnancy, the usual duration of gestation for the given species (for example, nine months in humans); the end of this duration: the timepoint at which birth usually happens (for example, in humans, approximately 40 weeks from conception), defining the due date.
    • A pregnancy didn't come to term.
    • at term
12. A menstrual period.
13. The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
14. Relations among people.
    • We are on friendly terms with each other.
15. A unit or component with a certain meaning. A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept.
    • "Algorithm" is a term used in computer science.
    • The noun phrase "red blood cell", the acronym "RBC", and the word "erythrocyte" are synonymous terms.
    • Could you explain that in layman's terms?
    • I told her in no uncertain terms that it was none of her business.
    • All the terms of this sum cancel out.
    • One only term is odd in ( 12; 3; 4 ).
16. A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept.
    • "Algorithm" is a term used in computer science.
    • The noun phrase "red blood cell", the acronym "RBC", and the word "erythrocyte" are synonymous terms.
17. A stated kind of language or terminology.
    • Could you explain that in layman's terms?
    • I told her in no uncertain terms that it was none of her business.
18. Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
    • All the terms of this sum cancel out.
    • One only term is odd in ( 12; 3; 4 ).
19. The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
20. An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
21. A point, line, or superficies that limits.
    • A line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
22. A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
23. A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.

Verb

1. To phrase a certain way; to name or call.

Adjective

1. Born or delivered at term.
   • term neonate

Noun

1. A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.

Verb

1. To terminate someone's employment.
2. To delete someone's account.

Noun

1. One whose employment has been terminated

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