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Replace and Term

verb

  • Substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected. )
    • usage: "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"
  • Take the place or move into the position of.
    • usage: "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
  • Put something back where it belongs.
    • usage: "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"
  • Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.
    • usage: "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
  • (v.t.) To put in a new or different place.
  • (v.t.) To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition or the like.
  • (v.t.) To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of.
  • (v.t.) To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document.
  • (v.t.) To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.

noun

  • A word or expression used for some particular thing.
    • usage: "he learned many medical terms"
  • A limited period of time.
    • usage: "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"
  • Usually plural. ( a statement of what is required as part of an agreement)
    • usage: "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous"
  • Any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial.
    • usage: "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"
  • One of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition.
    • usage: "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"
  • The end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent.
    • usage: "a healthy baby born at full term"
  • Architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome.

verb

  • Name formally or designate with a term. .

This report column represents the life of the investment from the settlement date to the maturity date. For positions without a maturity date, such as cash accounts, the' Term' is always listed as one day. The Subtotal and Average line for the Term column represents the weighted average life of the investments listed.