term out

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aʊt

Verb

term out (third-person singular simple present terms out, present participle terming out, simple past and past participle termed out)

1. (idiomatic, ambitransitive) (of an elected official, lease, etc) To finish the term.
   • 2006, California Environmental Law Reporter, Volume 2006‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2010, Stephen B. Meister, Commercial Real Estate Restructuring Revolution: Strategies, Tranche Warfare ...‎^[2]:

     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

   • 2011, Justin Buchler, Hiring and Firing Public Officials: Rethinking the Purpose of Elections‎^[3]:

     Voters cannot punish corrupt officials who are termed out of office.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see term,‎ out.

Noun

term out (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) 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.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see term,‎ out.

References

• investopedia.com: Term Out

Anagrams

• outterm, terumot