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status with respect to the relations between people or groups
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- on good terms with her in-laws
- on a friendly footing
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the amount of money needed to purchase something
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- the price of gasoline
- he got his new car on excellent terms
- how much is the damage?
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a word or expression used for some particular thing
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- he learned many medical terms
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a limited period of time
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- a prison term
- he left school before the end of term
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(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
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- the contract set out the conditions of the lease
- the terms of the treaty were generous
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any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial
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- the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree
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one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
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- the major term of a syllogism must occur twice
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the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
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- a healthy baby born at full term
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(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar
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- originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
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name formally or designate with a term
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