Définitions
1.NounThat which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.""Alright, look...we can spend the holidays with your parents, but this time it will be on my terms.""
2.NounA chronological limitation or restriction, a limited 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."
3.NounAny of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract."Be sure to read the terms and conditions before signing."
4.NounSpecifically, 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.NounA point, line, or superficies that limits."A line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid."
6.NounA 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."
7.NounRelations among people."We are on friendly terms with each other."
8.NounPart of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.
9.NounDuration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length."He was sentenced to a term of six years in prison.; near-term, mid-term and long-term goals; the term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt"
10.NounThe time during which legal courts are open.
11.NounCertain days on which rent is paid.
12.NounWith 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"
13.NounThe maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
14.NounA menstrual period.
15.NounAny 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 )."
16.NounThe subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
17.NounAn 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.
18.NounA statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
19.NounA piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
20.VerbTo phrase a certain way; to name or call.
21.AdjectiveBorn or delivered at term."term neonate"
22.NounA computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
23.VerbTo terminate someone's employment.
24.VerbTo delete someone's account.
25.NounOne whose employment has been terminated