<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics</li><li>any word or group of words considered as a member of a construction or utterance</li><li>the time or period through which something lasts</li><li>a period of time to which limits have been set: elected for a term of four years</li><li>one of two or more divisions of a school year, during which instruction is regularly provided</li><li>an appointed or set time or date, as for the payment of rent, interest, wages, etc.</li><li>terms, conditions with regard to payment, price, charge, rates, wages, etc.: reasonable terms</li><li>conditions or stipulations limiting what is proposed to be granted or done: the terms of a treaty</li><li>footing or standing; relations: on good terms with someone</li><li>Obsolete. state, situation, or circumstances</li><li>Algebra, Arithmetic. each of the members of which an expression, a series of quantities, or the like, is composed, as one of two or more parts of an algebraic expression</li><li>a mathematical expression of the form axp, axpyq, etc., where a, p, and q are numbers and x and y are variables</li><li>Logic. the subject or predicate of a categorical proposition</li><li>the word or expression denoting the subject or predicate of a categorical proposition</li><li>Also called terminus</li><li>a figure, especially of Terminus, in the form of a herm, used by the ancient Romans as a boundary marker; terminal figure</li><li>Law. an estate or interest in land or the like, to be enjoyed for a fixed period</li><li>the duration of an estate</li><li>each of the periods during which certain courts of law hold their sessions</li><li>completion of pregnancy; parturition</li><li>Archaic. end, conclusion, or termination</li><li>boundary or limit</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to apply a particular term or name to; name; call; designate</li></ul>