terms
US: /ˈtɝmz/
UK: /tˈɜːmz/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
terms- danh từ, pl
- điều khoản, điều kiện đề nghị, điều kiện được chấp nhận
- giá; điều kiện (cách thanh toán đề nghị hoặc đòi hỏi)
- quan hệ, sự giao thiệp, sự giao hảo, sự đi lại
- lời lẽ, ngôn ngữ
Advanced English dictionary
+ 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
in ...terms used to show what aspect of a subject you are talking about or how you are thinking about it: The job is great in terms of salary, but it has its disadvantages. + The decision was disastrous in political terms. + He's talking in terms of starting a completely new career.
on your own terms
on sb's terms according to the conditions that you or sb else decides: I'll only take the job on my own terms. + I'm not doing it on your terms.
more at CONTRADICTION, EQUAL, SPEAK, UNCERTAIN
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 name, title, designation, appellation; word, expression, locution, phrase:
The term for that is venturi tube. Habeas corpus is a term of art in law.
2 semester; time, period (of time), interval, length of time, span (of time), duration, spell, stretch, while:
During the summer term we played cricket every Saturday. He was sentenced to a long term of imprisonment.
3 sitting, stint, session, course; incumbency, administration:
During their latest term of office, interest rates were raised twice.
4 Often, terms. condition(s), provision(s), article(s), clause(s), proviso(s); stipulation(s), qualification(s), assumption(s):
According to the terms of the will, proceeds from the patent go into a trust fund.
5 come to terms. agree, come to or reach an agreement or an arrangement or an understanding, reconcile, arrange, settle, compromise:
Can we come to terms on the price? He will simply have to come to terms with his conscience.
6 in terms of. concerning, regarding, as regards, with regard to, in relation to, relative to, relating to, in the matter of:
The psychiatrist offered little in terms of direct solutions to my problems.
7 terms.
(a) payment, schedule, rates:
What terms have they offered to settle the debt?
(b) standing, position, basis, relationship, relations, footing:
I always thought you two were on good terms.
v.
8 call, name, label, designate, denominate, entitle, title, style, dub; nickname:
Abraham Lincoln was termed, among other things, 'The Great Emancipator'.
Concise dictionary
terms|termed|termingtɜrm /tɜːmnoun
+a word or expression used for some particular thing
+a limited period of time
+(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
+any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial
+one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
+the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
+(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
verb
+name formally or designate with a term
