terms

Universal Words noun [pl.] 1 the conditions that people offer, demand or accept when they make an agreement, an arrangement or a contract: peace terms * Under the terms of the agreement, their funding of the project will continue until 2005. * They failed to agree on the terms of a settlement. * These are the terms and conditions of your employment. 2 conditions that you agree to when you buy, sell, or pay for sth; a price or cost: to buy sth on easy terms (= paying for it over a long period) * My terms are ｣20 a lesson. 3 a way of expressing yourself or of saying sth: We wish to protest in the strongest possible terms (= to say we are very angry). * I'll try to explain in simple terms. * The letter was brief, and couched in very polite terms. * She spoke of you in glowing terms (= expressing her admiration of you). IDIOMS be on good, friendly, bad, etc. terms (with sb) to have a good, friendly, etc. relationship with sb: I had no idea that you and he were on such intimate terms (= were such close friends). * He is still on excellent terms with his ex-wife. * I'm on first-name terms with my boss now (= we call each other by our first names). come to terms (with sb) to reach an agreement with sb; to find a way of living or working together: The enemy was eventually forced to come to terms. come to terms with sth to accept sth unpleasant by learning to deal with it: She is still coming to terms with her son's death. in terms of sth