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eat one's terms

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables
eat one's terms
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To study for the bar, in order to practise law.

Archaic

Etymology

In allusion to the number of times in a term that a student must dine in the hall of an Inn of Court.

Usage

Inflected Forms

eats one's terms (present, singular) eating one's terms (participle, present) ate one's terms (past) eaten one's terms (participle, past)

Questions

What does eat one's terms mean?
To study for the bar, in order to practise law.
Where does eat one's terms come from?
In allusion to the number of times in a term that a student must dine in the hall of an Inn of Court.

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