[təːm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept, especially in a particular kind of language or branch of study
(e.g: the musical term ‘leitmotiv’)

- a fixed or limited period for which something, for example office, imprisonment, or investment, lasts or is intended to last
(e.g: the President is elected for a single four-year term)

- each of the periods in the year, alternating with holiday or vacation, during which instruction is given in a school, college, or university, or during which a law court holds sessions
(e.g: the summer term)

- conditions under which an action may be undertaken or agreement reached; stipulated or agreed requirements
(e.g: their solicitors had agreed terms)

- each of the quantities in a ratio, series, or mathematical expression



Phrases:
- come to terms with
- in terms of
- in the long term
- in the medium term
- in the short term
- on terms
- on — terms

Origin:
Middle English (denoting a limit in space or time, or (in the plural) limiting conditions): from Old French terme, from Latin terminus ‘end, boundary, limit’

[təːm], (Verb)

Definitions:
- give a descriptive name to; call by a specified term
(e.g: he has been termed the father of modern theology)


Phrases:
- come to terms with
- in terms of
- in the long term
- in the medium term
- in the short term
- on terms
- on — terms

Origin:
Middle English (denoting a limit in space or time, or (in the plural) limiting conditions): from Old French terme, from Latin terminus ‘end, boundary, limit’