terms

1. 1.

   status with respect to the relations between people or groups

   “on good terms with her in-laws”

   “on a friendly footing”

   Synonymsfooting

   Broaderstatus
2. 2.

   the amount of money needed to purchase something

   “the price of gasoline”

   “he got his new car on excellent terms”

   “how much is the damage?”

   Synonymspricedamage

   Broadercost

   Narrowerasking pricebid priceclosing pricefactory pricehighway robberypurchase pricespot pricesupport levelvaluation

Other forms of terms

plural

termses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about terms

What does terms mean?

terms means "status with respect to the relations between people or groups". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in terms?

terms has 1 syllable: terms. In IPA it is /ˈtɝmz/.

What is another word for terms?

Close synonyms include footing, price, damage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is terms a common word?

terms is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.