That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
The initial portion of some extended thing.
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept.
A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made.
A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.
The time during which legal courts are open.
Certain days on which rent is paid.
Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
Relations among people.
That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal.
With respect to a pregnancy, the period during which birth usually happens (approximately 40 weeks from conception).
One whose employment has been terminated
Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.
Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
To terminate one's employment
Born or delivered at term.