A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration The limitation of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years
A term is the period for which a legal contract or insurance policy is valid. Premiums are guaranteed throughout the term of the policy
A part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year in Britain; Michaelmas term, Lent term or Easter term, the equivalent to the American semester
(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement; "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous"
the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term"