1. a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
2. any word or group of words considered as a member of a construction or utterance.
3. the time or period through which something lasts.
4. a period of time to which limits have been set: elected for a term of four years.
5. one of two or more divisions of a school year, during which instruction is regularly provided.
6. an appointed or set time or date, as for the payment of rent, interest, wages, etc.
7. terms,
• conditions with regard to payment, price, charge, rates, wages, etc.: reasonable terms.
• conditions or stipulations limiting what is proposed to be granted or done: the terms of a treaty.
• footing or standing; relations: on good terms with someone.
• state, situation, or circumstances.
8. Algebra, Arithmetic.
• each of the members of which an expression, a series of quantities, or the like, is composed, as one of two or more parts of an algebraic expression.
• a mathematical expression of the form axp, axpyq, etc., where a, p, and q are numbers and x and y are variables.
9. Logic.
• the subject or predicate of a categorical proposition.
• the word or expression denoting the subject or predicate of a categorical proposition.
10. a figure, especially of Terminus, in the form of a herm, used by the ancient Romans as a boundary marker; terminal figure.
11. Law.
• an estate or interest in land or the like, to be enjoyed for a fixed period.
• the duration of an estate.
• each of the periods during which certain courts of law hold their sessions.
12. completion of pregnancy; parturition.
13. Archaic.
• end, conclusion, or termination.
• boundary or limit.

14. to apply a particular term or name to; name; call; designate.

15. to force to agree to stated demands or conditions; bring into submission: After a long struggle, we brought them to terms.
16. come to terms,
• to reach an agreement; make an arrangement: to come to terms with a creditor.
• to become resigned or accustomed: to come to terms with one's life.
17. to study for the bar; be a law student.
18. with regard to; concerning: The book offers nothing in terms of a satisfactory conclusion.

1. terminal.
2. termination.

1. a name, expression, or word used for some particular thing, esp in a specialized field of knowledge
2. any word or expression
3. a limited period of time
4. any of the divisions of the academic year during which a school, college, etc, is in session
5. a point in time determined for an event or for the end of a period
6. the period at which childbirth is imminent
7. law
• an estate or interest in land limited to run for a specified period
• the duration of an estate, etc
• (formerly) a period of time during which sessions of courts of law were held
• time allowed to a debtor to settle
8. either of the expressions the ratio of which is a fraction or proportion, any of the separate elements of a sequence, or any of the individual addends of a polynomial or series
9. logic
• the word or phrase that forms either the subject or predicate of a proposition
• a name or variable, as opposed to a predicate
• one of the relata of a relation
• any of the three subjects or predicates occurring in a syllogism
10. a sculptured post, esp one in the form of an armless bust or an animal on the top of a square pillar
11. Australian rules football the usual word for quarter (def. 10)
12. a boundary or limit

13. to designate; call

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