term betydelse and definition

Betydelse av term på svenska

• 0 the fixed period of time that something lasts for:

  • He served a short term for drunk driving.

  • He was sentenced to a 150-year prison term for cheating thousands of ordinary people out of their savings.

  • The government's term of office (= the period in which they have power) expires at the end of the year.

  • In Britain, the spring term starts in January and ends just before Easter.

  • US Our college has three terms that we call trimesters.

  • UK We're very busy in term-time (= during the term).

  • The lease on our house is near the end of its term.

  • Her last pregnancy went to term (= the baby was born after the expected number of weeks).

  • a full-term pregnancy

  • This decision will cost us more in the short term, but will be beneficial in the long term.

• 1 a word or expression used in relation to a particular subject, often to describe something official or technical:

  • "Without let or hindrance" is a legal term that means "freely".

  • We then use the same rule to compute the terms of the equation.

  • The terms of a geometric series form a geometric progression, meaning that the ratio of successive terms in the series is constant.

  • In financial terms, the project was not a success.

  • In terms of money, I was better off in my last job.

  • She told him what she thought of his behaviour in no uncertain terms (= she made her disapproval very clear).

  • He complained in the strongest terms.

  • She spoke of his achievements in glowing terms (= in a very approving way).

• 2 the conditions that control an agreement, arrangement, or activity:

  • terms of employment

  • Under the terms of their contract, employees must give three months' notice if they leave.

  • This competition is only open to UK residents. Terms and conditions apply.

  • All companies will compete for the government contract on equal terms.

• 3 to give something a name or to describe it with a particular expression:

  • Technically, a horse that is smaller than 1.5 metres at the shoulder is termed a pony.

• 4 lasting a long/medium/short time:

  • The project will have long-term benefits.

• 5 a period of time during which something lasts:

  • Watson’s term as chairman expired last month.

  • He served a prison term for robbery.

  • This budget plan is good for the long term but it hurts in the short term.

  • I’m taking computer programming during the fall term.

• 6 a word or phrase used in relation to a particular subject:

  • Erikson is said to have coined the term "identity crisis."

• 7 to give something a name or to describe it with a particular expression:

  • None of the problems was termed serious.

• 8 the period of time that something lasts for:

  • Friendly society bonds run for a minimum term of 10 years.

  • They proposed to increase the term of copyright.

  • The current interest rate of 7.75% is fixed for the term of the loan.

  • Conventional gilts promise to pay a fixed income over a fixed term.

  • The policy didn't reach its full term.

• 9 the period of time during which someone is in a job or position, or that a government is in power:

  • The appointments are for a fixed term of 12 months.

  • We're in the eighth month of our term of office.

• 10 the period of time before something becomes due for payment:

  • They are seeking bonds with a term of 10 years.

• 11 the end of a period of time, for example when an agreement ends:

  • The endowed fund will reach term next year.

• 12 a word or expression used in relation to a particular subject, often for something official or technical:

  • legal/medical/technical term Labor negotiations had reached an "impasse," a legal term in labor law.

  • His favourite word was "loyal", a general term of approval.

  • We use the term "burn-out" to mean that they grow bored and lose the drive to improve and innovate.

• 13 one of the conditions of an agreement, arrangement, or activity:

  • There may be a term in the contract that excludes this.

  • We have agreed compensation terms.

  • Employers know that if they do not offer attractive terms and conditions, they cannot expect to recruit the best.

  • under the terms of an agreement/a contract/a deal Under the terms of the merger agreement, the company becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of the larger firm.

• 14 the conditions for payment that you agree to when you buy or sell something:

  • Their payment terms are sixty days.

  • on attractive/favourable/good terms The South Africans rescheduled Mozambique's debt on favourable terms.

• 15 to have a good, etc. relationship with sb:

  • He's on excellent terms with all of the sales staff.

• 16 used to describe the real level or amount of something, when you consider all the things that affect it, especially inflation:

  • In the past 10 years, gross income has increased by 22% in real terms.

  • Total expenditure will rise in real terms by 3.3% a year.

• 17 saying something in a particular way:

  • She made her disagreement clear, in the strongest possible terms.

  • They spoke in glowing terms of his achievements.

• 18 used to describe which particular area of a subject you are discussing:

  • In terms of emissions cleanliness, sugar ethanol is considered superior.

  • World-wide, stock prices rose in dollar terms.

  • Employees evaluate their salary not in absolute terms but relative to their co-workers.

• 19 for a long, medium or short period of time in the future:

  • In the long term, universities will cut jobs.

  • The business seeks to do very well in the short term and in the long term.

• 20 having the same rights or getting the same treatment as someone else:

  • They felt that they were not being allowed to compete on equal terms with local companies.

• 21 to use a particular word or expression to describe something:

  • term sth sth The CEO spent the past year on what he termed "gardening leave".

  • term sb sth Some people might term her mean.

  • term sth as sth He sought to play down what he termed as "mere speculation".