terms

Meanings

Noun

• status with respect to the relations between people or groups
  • "on good terms with her in-laws"
• the amount of money needed to purchase something
  • "he got his new car on excellent terms"
• a word or expression used for some particular thing
  • "he learned many medical terms"
• a limited period of time
• (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
  • "the terms of the treaty were generous"
• any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial
• one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
• the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
• (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

Verb

• name formally or designate with a term

Synonyms

condition, damage, footing, full term, price, term, terminal figure, terminus