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terms

/tɜːmz/
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noun

  • That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary.

    ""Alright, look...we can spend the holidays with your parents, but this time it will be on my terms.""

  • A chronological limitation or restriction.

    "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."

  • Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.

    "Be sure to read the terms and conditions before signing."

  • A point, line, or superficies that limits.

    "A line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid."

  • A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.

    ""Algorithm" is a term used in computer science."

  • Relations among people.

    "We are on friendly terms with each other."

  • Part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.
  • Duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.

    "He was sentenced to a term of six years in prison."

  • With respect to a pregnancy, the period during which birth usually happens (approximately 40 weeks from conception).

    "at term, preterm, postterm"

  • (of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
  • A menstrual period.
  • 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."

  • The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
  • 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.
  • A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal.
  • A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.

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verb

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

noun

  • A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.

noun

  • One whose employment has been terminated
Synonyms:axefiresack

verb

  • To terminate one's employment

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