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
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for terms is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does terms appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — terms appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
