terms
/ (tɜːmz) /
(usually specified prenominally) the actual language or mode of presentation used: he described the project in loose terms
conditions of an agreement: you work here on our terms
a sum of money paid for a service or credit; charges
(usually preceded by on) mutual relationship or standing: they are on affectionate terms
in terms of as expressed by; regarding: in terms of money he was no better off
come to terms to reach acceptance or agreement: to come to terms with one's failings
Words Nearby terms
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How to use terms in a sentence
Lacey Noonan's A Gronking to Remember makes 50 Shades of Grey look like Madame Bovary in terms of its literary sophistication.
‘A Gronking to Remember’ Speed Read: 8 Naughtiest Bits | Emily Shire | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTI was a journalist in New York City for the last of his three gubernatorial terms, a little more.
Mario Cuomo: An OK Governor, but a Far Better Person | Michael Tomasky | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTYet to hear one of the victims so publicly rejecting the kinds of terms used in the past was inspiring.
Jennifer Lawrence’s Righteous Fury Says Everything We Wanted to Say | Kevin O’Keeffe | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMaybe I have come more to terms with, somewhere over the years, that people will think whatever they think.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination | Mindy Farabee | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Newsroom aired its final episode on Sunday, already an eternity ago in news-cycle terms.
A Few Great Men Too Many: Aaron Sorkin Doesn’t Think You Can Handle the Truth | Arthur Chu | December 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Results are in terms of bulk of precipitate, which must not be confused with percentage by weight.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddModification in its terms growing in part out of these new conditions will subsequently be required from time to time.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsThe society newspapers for the week alluded to the matter in veiled, but unmistakable terms.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsOf the extent of this increased power of production we can only speak in general terms.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockIt happened that I didn't stay around those police posts long enough to get familiar with the technical terms for everything.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
Other Idioms and Phrases with terms
see bring to terms; come to terms with; contradiction in terms; in no uncertain terms; in terms of; on good terms; on speaking terms.
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