Term and Patch

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"
  • synonyms: condition
• 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"
  • synonyms: 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.
  • synonyms: terminus, terminal figure

verb

• Name formally or designate with a term. .

• (n.) Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.
• (n.) To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.
• (n.) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
• (n.) The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life.
• (n.) In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.
• (n.) A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration.
• (n.) The menses.
• (n.) A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.
• (n.) That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
• (n.) In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.
• (n.) The limitation of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives or for a term of years.
• (n.) A point, line or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
• (n.) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
• (n.) A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation.
• (n.) The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes.
• (n.) A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses or is peculiar to a science, art, profession or the like; as, a technical term.
• (n.) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman or satyr; -- called also terminal figure. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.

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.

noun

• A small contrasting part of something.
  • usage: "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
  • synonyms: spot, speckle, dapple, fleck, maculation
• A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation.
  • usage: "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
  • synonyms: plot, plot of land, plot of ground
• A piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole.
• A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition.
  • usage: "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"
  • synonyms: while, piece, spell
• A short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program.
• A connection intended to be used for a limited time.
  • synonyms: temporary hookup
• Sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment. )
  • usage: "her stockings had several mends"
  • synonyms: mend, darn
• A protective cloth covering for an injured eye.
  • synonyms: eyepatch
• A piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body.
  • synonyms: bandage

verb

• To join or unite the pieces of.
  • usage: "patch the skirt"
  • synonyms: piece
• Provide with a patch; also used metaphorically.
  • usage: "The field was patched with snow"
• Mend by putting a patch on.
  • usage: "patch a hole"
  • synonyms: patch up
• Repair by adding pieces.
  • usage: "She pieced the china cup"
  • synonyms: piece

• (n.) Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
• (n.) A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
• (n.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
• (v.t.) To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.
• (v.t.) To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
• (n.) A piece of cloth or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
• (v.t.) To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
• (n.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
• (n.) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
• (n.) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck, to hide a defect or to heighten beauty.
• (v.t.) To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather or the like; as, to patch a coat.

• Name Meaning: Form of Peter. A rock
• Name Origin: American