term out
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.20 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see term, out.
noun
The transfer of debt within a company's balance sheet without acquiring new debt often through the capitalization of short-term to long-term debt.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "With little time to master complex policy matters before terming out, legislators have distanced themselves from more challenging policy issues, deferring them to the initiative process."
- "In order to apply eroding market fundamentals to our hypothetical office building we need to make a few assumptions — the historic or fric- tional vacancy rate (departing the bull market), the amount of space under lease that termed out since"
- "Voters cannot punish corrupt officials who are termed out of office."
- "The governor, meanwhile, hit back at what he sees as a “pathetic” agenda being pursued by the majority. He has also lashed out at their investigation of a charity scandal enveloping his wife, Casey DeSantis, as she mulls whether to run in next year’s election to succeed him when he is termed out of office in January 2027."