| 单词 | to come to terms |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come to terms Phrases P1. in terms. See also sense 8a. a. Plainly, expressly; in so many words. Formerly also †by terms. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [adverb] > explicitly in termsc1400 apresslya1450 expressly1509 preciselya1513 by termsa1525 formally1526 expressedlya1555 explicately1606 pointingly1607 evolvedlya1641 exactly1646 syllabically1654 explicitlya1657 pointedly1775 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1053 Alle þe apparaylmente..As John þe appostel in termeȝ tyȝte. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 253 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 102 All this trety has he tald be termess in test. 1567 T. Harding Reioindre to M. Iewels Replie against Masse xiii. f. 212v Christe him selfe doth in termes pronounce, This is my body, this is my bloude. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. iv. 305 Deuouring in hope, and threatening in tearmes all those Asian Prouinces. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 29 July (1974) VIII. 367 He says in terms, that the match..hath undone the nation. 1698 Earl of Orrery Dr. Bentley's Diss. Examin'd 234 That Few say in Terms, he was a Writer, is because No-body had any Suspicions to the contrary. 1766 J. Burrow Rep. Court King's Bench 2 660 The Other Three Judges agreed, in Terms, with Lord Mansfield; And All of them spoke explicitly to the same Effect. 1823 Parl. Deb. 2nd Ser. 7 1287 The strongest phrases were used in every quarter regarding the conduct and language of Mr. Fox; charging him, almost in terms, with unfurling the standard of rebellion. 1911 Yale Law Jrnl. 21 115 It may be said that this would often virtually compel him to criminate himself. But it certainly does not compel him in terms. 2003 L. Holford-Strevens Aulus Gellius (rev. ed.) xvi. 307 The allegations..which Cicero ridicules without quite denying them in terms. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [adjective] > relating to negotiation > negotiating in terms1567 on (also upon) terms1567 haggling1589 higgling1678 in —— terms1851 chaffering1856 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxiv. f. 208v She was in termes to goe home to hir husband the Counte of Celant, who had sent for hir. 1591 H. Savile Ende of Nero i. 12 in tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. In Spaine Galbaes soldiers in part were in termes to forsake him, and hardly reclaimed. 1613 R. Dallington Aphorismes Ciuill & Militarie iv. xvi. 243 They are in tearmes to render [= surrender]. 1619 M. Drayton Let. 14 Apr. in W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 153 I have done Twelve Books more,..but it lyeth by me; for the Booksellers and I are in Terms. 1700 Def. Scots abdicating Darien 38 Wafer..was in Terms with some private Merchants of London, about sending a Vessel thither. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lxii. 296 He was already engaged, or at least in terms with Mr. Vandal. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 173 Friends all but now, euen now, In quarter, and in termes, like bride and groome. View more context for this quotation 1653 D. Dickson Brief Explic. Other 50 Psalmes 299 It prepareth way for the remedy, and keepeth the beleever in termes with God. d. in terms of. (a) Mathematics. By means of or with reference to specified variables or quantities. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > in relation to [phrase] > in respect of or with regard to in wise ofc1290 by (also for) reason ofa1350 as to (the) regard ofc1392 in regard of or toc1392 upon the side ofa1393 with regard toc1392 in respect of?a1425 in this (also that) behalf1458 upon the feat of1483 for (the) respect of1489 as pertains to1526 in order to1526 with respect1556 ad idem1574 on this behalf1581 in or with reference to1593 quoad hoc1601 in point of1605 with intuition to (of)1626 in the mention of1638 in terms of1704 how and about1753 as regards1797 as concerns1816 w.r.t.1956 the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adverb] > with reference to particular quantity in terms of1704 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Square number A mix'd Number..whose Fractional Part is exprest in Terms of a Vulgar Fraction. 1743 W. Emerson Doctr. Fluxions 38 If a Series be required to be express'd in Terms of that Quantity whose 2d, 3d Fluxion, &c. is in the Equation. 1866 J. F. W. Herschel Familiar Lect. Sci. Subj. 102 The nearest distance of the orbits of Venus and the earth was concluded in terms of the earth's diameter. 1951 W. W. Elliott & E. R. C. Miles College Math. (ed. 2) xviii. 243 Solve the given equation for y in terms of x. 2012 A. Simpson Cambr. O Level Math. II. iii. 58 Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the amount Dan received. (b) gen. By means of or in reference to (a particular concept); in the mode of expression or thought belonging to (a subject or category); (loosely) on the basis of; in relation to; as regards.Sometimes influenced by sense 12, approaching the sense ‘in the language or terminology of’. ΚΠ 1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 102 Contradictoriness..manifested, in terms of a certain degree of strength, towards some proposition or propositions, that have been advanced by some one else. 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. vii. §71. 248 The continuity of Motion..is really known to us in terms of force. 1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xviii. 63 Most persons, on being asked in what sort of terms they imagine words, will say ‘in terms of hearing’. 1932 E. C. Tolman Purposive Behavior I. i. 7 He [sc. J. B. Watson] has defined behavior in terms of its strict physical and physiological details. 1938 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 42 363 An attempt is made to explain the photolysis of silver halides in terms of the concepts of atomic physics. 1960 R. H. Gregory & R. L. Van Horn Automatic Data-processing Syst. xi. 396 System design is discussed here in terms of fact finding, developing specifications, meeting specifications, and matching equipment with the system. 2000 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 25 May (Property section) 51 We need to recognise metropolitan and CBD business remain the major engine of growth in terms of new employment. (c) to think in terms of: to consider along the lines of; to make the focus of one's attention; to base one's plans or intentions around. ΚΠ 1855 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 3 715/2 The decimal system makes passage from one unit to another much more easy, but it does not bind us to think in terms of one unit when another would be more convenient. 1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. 242/2 Weingartner..gives the music the lay-out it would certainly have had if Beethoven had been thinking originally in terms of the orchestra. 1965 Listener 3 June 812/2 We were thinking in terms of the politics of democracy and gradualism, of separate African states, each different. 2002 S. Brett Torso in Town (2003) xi. 76 Why is it that men think in terms of enjoying things right now.., whereas women are always thinking in terms of bloody relationships? e. in —— terms: with regard to the specified subject, sphere, or domain; from a —— point of view. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [adjective] > relating to negotiation > negotiating in terms1567 on (also upon) terms1567 haggling1589 higgling1678 in —— terms1851 chaffering1856 1851 Millennial Harbinger Sept. 483 It [sc. the Holy Spirit] suggested to prophets, apostles, and the ancient evangelists, in human terms, or in visions and dreams, the mind and will of God to man. 1873 D. C. Heron Princ. Jurispr. i. 8 Statistics is the science of social facts expressed in numerical terms. 1913 W. E. Kellicott Textbk. Gen. Embryol. vii. 290 It must readily allow interpretation, in cytological terms, of the enormously complex phenomena of alternative or Mendelian heredity. 1959 D. W. Brogan in F. M. Joseph As Others see Us 4 I was predisposed to see American problems in European terms. 1978 Listener 26 Jan. 119/1 The hour's delay—a mere hiccup in cricketing terms—was caused by politics. 2011 Guardian (Nexis) 4 June 22 The Holocene has only been around for a short period in geological terms. P2. on (also upon) terms. See also sense 8b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [adjective] > relating to negotiation > negotiating in terms1567 on (also upon) terms1567 haggling1589 higgling1678 in —— terms1851 chaffering1856 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 142 Counterfetting so artyfyciallie their amarus regardes..whilest they were vppon tearmes to obteine her goodwill. 1611 J. More in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Duke of Buccleuch (1899) I. 101 in Parl. Papers (C. 9244) XLVI. 1 He hath not as yet taken a lease himself, but is upon terms to make up his four years to come 31 years. 1783 Encycl. Brit. X. 8750/1 He..confirmed the Bishop of Munster in the alliance of France, at the very time he was on terms with the emperor. 1824 London Mag. Sept. 267/2 The copyright..for which he was on terms with Cotta, of Tübingen. b. (a) With qualifying adjective or of: under the specified (type of) conditions or limitations; in the manner specified. Formerly also without qualification or following construction: †on certain conditions; conditionally (obsolete). ΚΠ 1602 W. Watson tr. E. Pasquier Iesuites Catech. xxv. f. 225v The Order was established in Rome, and Ignatius chosen Generall, and that vpon termes [Fr. sur cette proposition] of an absolute Gouernour. 1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. Iv I left a letter in my chamber window, Which I would not haue seene on any termes. 1681 J. Phillips Char. Popish Successour 21 The vanquisht come to Capitulate before they yield, and only Surrender upon terms. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires vi. 81 Well; on my Terms thou wilt not be my Heir. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4468/1 The Fortress..had surrender'd upon Terms. 1795 T. Peake Cases Nisi Prius 56 (margin) If goods are delivered on the terms of sale or return. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 94 It offers initiation..on the easiest terms. 1909 Eng. Rep. 94 241 He said, that this judgment appears to have been confess'd upon terms at the time of the confessing it. 1965 Life 25 June 85/2 He must prove before the convention assembled that Republican voters would not have Goldwater on any terms. 1990 R. Clay Only Angels Forget ix. 108 Come only when I say so, on my terms, when I've got time for you. 2007 W. Njoya Prop. in Work i. 26 The servant was not free in any real sense to enter into or leave any employment on terms of his choice. (b) on one's (also its) own terms: as dictated by oneself; without reference to outside influence or authority; in one's own way. ΚΠ 1617 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 3) v. vii. §4. 598 Hee sent a present to the Vice-roy with some Treatie of peace, whereof the Vice-roy made light account, thinking first to ouercome vs..and then to treat of peace on his owne termes. 1670 R. Baxter Life of Faith (new ed.) 330 Christ died to procure us that pardoning Covenant, which (on its own terms) will pardon every sin of the Justified when they are committed. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Monopoly,..when one or more Persons make themselves sole Masters of any Commodity..; those who have occasion for it being obliged to purchase it at their hands, and on their own terms. 1764 J. Burton Present State Navigation Thames 14 Refusing Carriage of Goods, but on their own Terms. 1832 B. Disraeli Let. 15 May (1982) I. 274 I very much fear that the Whig's are again in, and on their own terms. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 452/1 It seems as if Mr. Lorillard would like to make a series of matches on his own terms, over courses of his own selection, and for amounts he stipulates. 1918 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 32 358 The government..could..requisition the residences within them and house workers in them on its own terms. 1968 Q. Crisp Naked Civil Servant xix. 136 I had..imagined that, by strength of will and the use of an unremittingly antiseptic manner, I could have and hold the situation on my own terms. 2012 Billboard 7 Jan. 20/2 We have our own studio, our own label. We do everything on our own terms. (c) on (also upon) its own terms: without reference to anything else; in or of itself; as it is. ΚΠ 1741 C. Lucas Pharmacomastix 45 I never met with an object so despicable, that could not command the advice and attendance of numbers of physicians..upon its own terms. 1814 L.-M. Hawkins Rosanne II. xxxvi. 142 This belief I must, in justice, take on its own terms. 1896 Philos. Rev. 5 349 Taking the theory on its own terms it is incomplete, and its inadequacy is apparent in the absence of a philosophy of the fundamental conditions of thought. 1930 Proc. Aristotelian Soc. New Ser. 30 28 This ‘high priori’ way of arguing..is capable (on its own terms) of telling us a great deal about what reason does. 1963 Jrnl. Politics 25 447 But if his work is understood on its own terms, then such a line of argument is..reduced to absurdity. 2014 N.Y. Mag. 17 Feb. 134/2 Taken on its own terms, Emmett's deep-dish is both audibly crunchy and pleasingly bready. c. (a) On good terms; on a friendly or amicable footing. Cf. sense 8b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > on friendly terms [phrase] > on intimate terms on (also upon) terms1757 on intimate habits1809 1757 Northern Revol. 34 He..judged he might rule each Kingdom sometimes arbitrarily, provided he could keep upon Terms with the two Others. 1795 Mr. Law in H. Yorke Trial for Conspiracy 81 He told you he had rather you went, because he was not on terms with Mr. Yorke. 1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris (ed. 3) xii. 197 Such a lady..is not now on terms with that gentleman—that affair is over long ago. 1864 A. Trollope Small House at Allington I. xvii. 162 The earl and Lord Porlock were not on terms. 1902 Columbia Law Rev. 2 521 Though not on terms with the Church, [he] retains so much respect for the scholastic traditions as to refer to the Latin Fathers. 1971 M. Russell Deadline xv. 182 ‘Of course you had to get on terms with Gregory.’ ‘Now we're like that.’ 2013 M. Irwin Skull & Nightingale ii. 19 I was curious to meet these people, since I might one day have to live on terms with them. (b) Sport (originally Hunting). On terms of equality; on an equal footing; level in position or score. Frequently in to get on terms: to draw level with, catch up to. ΚΠ 1826 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Dec. 711/2 They [sc. the hounds] checked for a few minutes, owing to the jackal having headed short away to the right towards Barasett; they however soon got on terms with him again. 1864 Manch. Guardian 18 Apr. 4/3 The two leaders going steadily on at a slow pace enabled the mare to get on terms with them just as they reached the straight run home. 1877 R. H. Roberts Harry Holbrooke of Holbrooke Hall ii. 29 So quickly did the hounds get on terms with their fox. 1897 Daily News 23 July 4/5 In the end Yorkshire got on terms and ran their total to within four of the southern county. 1957 Times 11 Nov. 15/3 Gledhill scored a similar type of goal from Hind's pass to put his side on terms. 1967 Irish Times 9 Oct. 3/8 Three Rock Rovers are fortunate to be back on terms with Railway at the top of the table. 2014 P. Cossins Monuments viii. 138 Moser's misfortune..came just seven kilometres from the line, leaving him no hope of getting back on terms with De Vlaeminck. d. to stand upon (or on) terms: see stand v. Phrases 1d. P3. to bring to (also †in) terms: to cause or compel to agree or to be reconciled. ΚΠ 1595 T. Bedingfield tr. N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. iv. 99 The Cittie would be brought in termes [It. si condurrebbe in termine], that the Tyrant..should of force fall in our bozome. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. Index sig. Tt Their whole Army being defeated, they [sc. the Danes] are brought to terms by King Alfred. 1797 tr. E. de Vattel Law Nations (new ed.) iii. viii. 347 When we find gentler methods insufficient to conquer their resistance and bring them to terms, we have a right to put them to death. 1856 United Service Mag. Mar. 415 Having sent an army against Feerooz, he succeeded in bringing him to terms. 1905 Amer. Hist. Rev. 11 53 The only way to bring them to terms would be to march a strong body of troops into their country, overawe them with this show of force..and then make a comprehensive treaty. 1998 Internat. Jrnl. 53 664 A mechanistic view that held out hope that East-West tensions could be managed and brought to terms by diplomacy and accommodation. P4. to come to terms. Cf. coming to terms n. at coming n. Phrases 2. a. To agree on conditions, come to an agreement (with); cf. to make terms at Phrases 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] accord?a1160 to make (a) finec1325 covenantc1330 compound1419 packc1450 patisec1475 conclude1477 compone1478 bargain1483 article1526 make1530 compact1535 to dispense with1569 temporize1579 to make termsa1599 to strike (a person) luck1599 to be compromised1600 compacka1618 stipulatea1648 to come to terms1657 sort1685 paction1725 to cry off1775 pact1904 1657 W. Hughes tr. J. Sleidanus in Munster & Abingdon vi. 15 They came to Termes [L. ventum est ad compositionem], where by it was provided, That every man should keepe his owne Religion. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 231 The creditors..rather than to contest accounts, came to terms, and agreed to take shares. 1786 J. Andrews Hist. War with Amer. II. xviii. 145 The longer we delayed in coming to terms with our Colonies, the greater the danger would be, that the instigations of foreigners would render them indifferent or averse to treating. 1815 Analectic Mag. May 390 Let us suppose, which heaven avert! that we are conquered, or are obliged to come to terms. 1894 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 862/2 If a man has a dispute with a neighbor who refuses to come to terms, these lions may be hired to destroy his cattle. 1945 Time 10 Dec. 44/2 Without hope of across-the-board success until the U.K. and the U.S. came to terms in their Washington deal. 2012 A. Stewart Very Brit. Experience ix. 156 A refusal to come to terms with the German leader in 1940 meant that Hitler would have to fight a two-front war. b. To reconcile oneself; to come to an acceptance. Usually with with, indicating the thing one comes to accept. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > accept without resistance [verb (transitive)] > put up with or become reconciled to bear1540 reconcile1543 to take up with1609 to come to terms1860 to live with ——1937 1860 P. A. Smith Hist. Educ. Eng. Bar vii. 154 Let a man come to terms with himself, and resolve that, according to his power, he will not allow himself to live a mere cypher. 1923 J. B. Priestley I for One 235 The few [pictures] that it has do not seem so bright, so ideal, but seem to have come to terms with sad reality. 1970 L. Deighton Bomber i. 12 Each of the airmen guests was already coming to terms with the return to duty. 1991 ‘W. Trevor’ My House in Umbria iv, in Two Lives (1992) 279 It was a way of coming to terms, of finding something to cling to in the muddle; I dare say it's natural that people would. 2001 Advocate 16 Jan. 74/3 When did you finally come to terms with being gay—high school, college? P5. to keep terms. a. Also to keep the (also one's) terms and variants. (a) Of a student: to fulfil certain requirements stipulated by his or her university, in order to take a course or to graduate; spec. (at Oxford, Cambridge, and certain other universities) to reside at the university or within a prescribed distance of it during (the majority of) each academic term.Earliest in figurative context. ΚΠ 1640 D. Featley et al. Θρηνοικος xli. 819 We cannot take our degrees in Christs schoole per saltem, we must keepe our Termes, and performe our exercises, both of faith, obedience, and patience. 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 4 Dec. (O.H.S.) I. 114 He might be admitted to the Degree of Master of Arts, without..keeping Terms. 1768 G. Whitefield Let. to Dr. Durell (ed. 2) 19 Were our Students..to be thus exercised and employed, while they are keeping terms at the University,..when they return home in time of Vacation, they would not turn out such meer novices. 1815 A. Chalmers Gen. Biogr. Dict. (new ed.) XIX. 120 From his first entrance into the university, until Michaelmas 1768, when he took his bachelor's degree, he had kept terms regularly. 1874 Cal. Univ. N.Z. 22 Any person matriculated to the University, and whose name shall be upon the books of an affiliated college, and who shall have passed the yearly College examination, shall be deemed to have kept the three Terms of that year. 1921 Dublin Univ. Cal. 1921–2 44 Also unless exempted he must have kept the three terms of his Senior Sophister year by Lectures. 1990 VUW Cal. (Victoria Univ. Wellington) 86 An internal student shall keep terms by complying with the University regulations regarding enrolment and payment of fees, attending the classes in that subject..and performing..such written, oral, practical and other work as the Professorial Board may require. 2001 D. Maskell & I. Robinson New Idea University ix. 75 Unlike Mr Major, he went to university and unlike Mr Collins he did more than keep terms. (b) Of a trainee barrister: to dine in one's Inn (see Inn of Court n. at inn n. Phrases 2a(a)) a requisite number of times, as part of the requirements for being called to the bar.Students are currently required to dine at least 12 times, but participation in certain training events may also count towards this requirement. ΚΠ a1657 C. Croke Fortune's Uncertainty (1667) 95 He begins once more to work at the rough and hard Anvil of the Law, he keeps the Terms, is call'd to the Bar, and for a time goes on with delight. 1781 Gentleman's Mag. May 221/1 A clergyman with a small living may afford to pay four pounds a year..for ten years; and yet be utterly unable to keep terms for a law degree, which is a very serious expence. 1794 Fair Methodist I. xii. 47 With this gentleman Florimund passed thro' the usual time of probationship; and..kept his terms in the Temple with a view to attend the bar in Jamaica. 1848 R. R. Pearce Hist. Inns of Court xi. 392 In the Inner Temple, to keep a term, the student must dine in the hall of the society two days in each of two separate full weeks of the term. 1955 ‘N. Shute’ Requiem for Wren (1956) 182 I had another year of keeping terms and eating dinners to do before I could be called to the Bar. 2003 R. Codlin Hist. Found. Jamaican Law ix. 187 Before a young barrister can be called to the bar he or she must keep terms. b. ΚΠ a1605 ( in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 133 Seyinge the evill termes that the Kynge hathe kept hym, and cast hym out of the realme. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xxxviii. 284 What terms wouldst thou have me to keep with such a sweet corruptress? (b) To have or maintain amicable or cooperative relations (with a person or party); to continue to deal with. Also figurative. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > have social communication with [verb (transitive)] intercommunec1374 dealc1380 usec1384 intercommonc1430 resort?1518 minglea1593 use1594 intercoursea1604 sociate1635 to keep termsa1673 shoulder1851 tangle1928 a1673 T. Horton 100 Select Serm. (1679) vi. 42/2 God will give them that which they desire to try them, and to see how well they will keep terms with him. 1726 tr. G. Daniel Hist. France III. 31 Raising him to such a pitch of power, as might render him formidable, and themselves necessary for the support of the state and sovereign, who wou'd be obliged more then ever to keep terms with them. 1751 J. Hill Hist. Woman of Quality iii. vii. 161 There was no Reason for his now keeping Terms any longer with Lord B—. 1806 R. Cumberland Mem. (1807) I. 184 A profusion of finery, that kept no terms with simplicity. 1847 J. S. Le Fanu Fortunes Torlough O'Brien xxv. 176 Come, come—we must keep terms; it's better to have a cup of sack than to draw daggers on one another. 1906 Canad. Mag. Feb. 323/1 Besides reason,..man has sentiment, distinct from reason though bound to keep terms with it on pain of becoming nonsense. 2010 S. A. H. Haqqi Chingiz Khan i. 19 Jamuka for his part, considered it worthwhile to keep terms with Temuchin. P6. to make terms: to agree on conditions, come to terms; chiefly with with. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] accord?a1160 to make (a) finec1325 covenantc1330 compound1419 packc1450 patisec1475 conclude1477 compone1478 bargain1483 article1526 make1530 compact1535 to dispense with1569 temporize1579 to make termsa1599 to strike (a person) luck1599 to be compromised1600 compacka1618 stipulatea1648 to come to terms1657 sort1685 paction1725 to cry off1775 pact1904 a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 82 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) He dare now front Princes, and make tearmes with great potentates. 1652 French Occurr. No. 7. 51 The Citizens, and others are in a great fear lest the prince of Conde out of his enmity to the new Cardinal, should make terms with the old. 1701 Present Disposition Eng. Considered 6 Procured the Names of those..that had got Pardons, or made Terms with King James. 1760 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XXIV. xi. iv. 537 This gave the house of Austria an advantage..whenever the Protestant princes in Germany were reduced to make terms. 1814 L.-M. Hawkins Rosanne III. liv. 68 Lord Montrylas, whose favour seemed of value with one or both, assuming a tone of pleasantry, made terms with them. 1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 17 Oct. 14/1 The Amarars have made terms with the Hadendowas, giving them a number of cattle. 1907 Pop. Mech. Jan. 166/1 The later patentee must either make terms with the earlier patentee, or wait until the earlier patent is dead. 1965 M. H. Keen Laws War in Late Middle Ages viii. 120 This threat so terrified the garrison of the fort that they made terms at once. 2009 Financial Times 2 Apr. 13/2 Bastions of banking secrecy such as Switzerland, Liechenstein and Singapore have sought to make terms with the OECD. P7. terms of reference: the points referred to an individual or group for decision or report; the scope and limitations of an inquiry, review, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [noun] > defining theme terms of reference1819 1819 Morning Chron. 3 Feb. The great question between him and the Chancellor of the Exchequer was, that the terms of reference should be distinct. 1892 Daily Graphic 30 Dec. (Suppl.) 3/1 On the 14th October the constitution of the Commission and the exact terms of reference were made known. 1921 Board Educ., Teaching Eng. in Eng. 3 Our terms of reference do not include Wales. 1967 G. F. Fiennes I tried to run Railway vii. 88 We wrote ourselves new terms of reference in that sense. 2014 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 2 July (Opinion section) 47 The terms of reference for the government's white paper on the reform of the federation are ambitious but the review process is bureaucratic. P8. terms of trade: the ratio of an index of a country's export prices to an index of its import prices, used to measure its trading prospects. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > [noun] > balance of trade balance of trade1690 trade balance1787 terms of trade1923 1923 A. Marshall Money, Credit, & Commerce vi. 161 Illustration of the demands of each of two countries which trade together, for the goods of the other: and the general dependence of the terms of trade on the relative volumes and intensities of those demands. 1957 A. C. L. Day Outl. Monetary Econ. xxxi. 399 Home terms of trade. [Note] An index of the home price of exports divided by the home price of imports. 1976 Economist 16 Oct. 22/3 Until exports expand enough, and/or imports fall enough, to offset the terms of trade deterioration, a devaluation makes the balance of payments worse before better. 2015 Guardian (Nexis) 15 Dec. In the May budget the terms of trade in 2015–16 was expected to fall 8.5%; now it is expected to fall 10.5%. P9. Chiefly Law. for (also †to) term of (a person's) life: as long as the person in question lives; until the person's death. Now historical.Formerly also without for or to. [After Anglo-Norman a terme de vie, a terme de sa vie (both late 13th cent. or earlier), pur terme de vie, pur terme de sa vie (both late 14th cent. or earlier); compare post-classical Latin ad terminum vite to term of life (from 13th cent. in British sources).] ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > course or span of life life-dayOE year-daysOE timeOE dayOE lifeOE life's timeOE livelihoodOE yearOE lifetimea1300 life-whilea1300 for (also to) term of (a person's) lifea1325 coursec1384 livingc1390 voyage1390 agea1398 life's dayc1425 thread1447 racea1450 living daysc1450 natural life1461 lifeness1534 twist1568 leasec1595 span1599 clew1615 marcha1625 peregrination1653 clue1684 stamen1701 life term1739 innings1772 lifelong1814 pass-through1876 inning1885 natural1891 life cycle1915 puff1967 the world > life > source or principle of life > [adverb] > in one's life > for remaining period of one's life for (also to) term of (a person's) lifea1325 for life1548 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) vii. 60 Pasture þat is in tenauntes hond..to terme of liue, oþer of ȝeres, oþer in feo itailled. 1376 in L. Morsbach Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1923) 2 (MED) Þe forsede londes fulle in-to water Dunes hond and his heires, and in pes held he terme of his lif, and his heires after him, with-oute chalenges of any man. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 171 And there he lyueth in ioye and in honour Terme of his lyue. 1504 W. Copulldyke Will in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 327 I will that my wyffe hawe hyre Iwnter without eny interrupcion terme of hyre lyfe. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. iii The husbande hathe estate in the speciall tayle, and the wyfe but for terme of lyfe. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 725 That Henry the Sixth should enjoy the right of the kingdome for tearme of life only. 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings I. iii. 34 What men draw from their education generally sticks by them for term of life. 1830 Laws Commonw. for Governm. Mass. State Prison 13 Confinement to hard labor, for term of life or years. 1877 G. Hill Hist. Acct. Plantation in Ulster i. 32 The castles, hereditaments, and lands, hereby appointed to Sir Tirlagh, excepted only for term of his life. 1955 Econ. Hist. Rev. 7 351 William Sergeant of Wolveston had a licence to lease three of his fifteen acres, one in each field, for term of his life. 2016 N. G. Jones in M. Godfrey Law & Authority in Brit. Legal Hist. ii. 24 Sir John Wilshire..provided in his will that his widow should enjoy the premises for term of her life. P10. in (also over) the long (also short, medium, etc.) term and variants: over or for a period or the specified length.Cf. long-term adj. and adv., medium-term adj. at medium n. and adj. Compounds 1a, short-term adj. ΚΠ 1938 Econ. Jrnl. 48 522 Their actions in the short term are overridingly governed by the profit-motive. 1954 H. W. Florey Lect. Gen. Pathol. i. 16 Chronic diseases..are generally more severe in their immediate effects, though by no means the more damaging in the long term. 1981 Amer. Libraries May 243/2 This will result in some small problems in the short term but in the medium term will result in a more efficiently filed catalog. 1998 Egypt in Global Econ. (World Bank) vi. 62 The most critical reform initiative in the short- to medium-term should be to improve the management of social security funds. 2015 Daily Mail 21 May 57/1 In the long term, UV rays are thought to contribute to cataracts and macular degeneration. < as lemmas |
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