Term

tėrm, n. any limited period: the time for which anything lasts: the time during which the courts of law are open: certain days on which rent is paid: that by which a thought is expre ed, a word or expre ion: a condition or arrangement (gener. in pl. ): ( alg. ) a member of a compound quantity.— v.t. to apply a term to: to name or call.— n. Term′er , one who attends a court term, often with the sense of a shifty rogue: one holding an estate for a term of years—also Term′or .— adj. Term i no log′ical .— adv. Terminology′ically .— n. Terminol′ogy , doctrine of terms: the terms used in any art, science, .— adj. Term′le , having no term or end: ( Spens. ) unlimited, boundle .— adv. Term′ly , term by term.— Be on terms with , to be on friendly relations with; Bring to terms , to compel to the acceptance of conditions; Come to terms , to come to an agreement: to submit; Eat one's terms (see Eat ); In terms of , in the language peculiar to anything, in modes of; Keep a term , to give the regular attendance during a period of study; Major term , in a syllogism, that which is the predicate of the conclusion; the Minor term , that which is the subject of the conclusion; Make terms , to come to an agreement; Speak in terms , to speak plainly; Stand upon one's terms ( with ), to insist upon conditions. [Fr. terme —L. terminus , a boundary.]