(information science) A term that captures the essence of the topic of a document, used as keyword to retrieve documents in an information system, for instance a catalog or a search engine.

(sociology) A word or phrase that is used for othering; a term that serves to identify someone or something as other than the speaker.

(insurance) Life insurance that pays out a lump sum benefit on the death of the life assured within the term of the policy, and nothing on survival to the end of the term.

(logic) The term of a syllogism that appears in both the major premise and the minor premise, but not in the conclusion.

The part of the academic year in which classes are held.

A word that becomes difficult to use because it is transitioning from one meaning to another. Purists may insist on the old usage, while descriptivists are more open to newer usages.

(US, education) January term: a period in January where students and faculty can take part in learning and other activities outside of the formal academic terms.

(idiomatic) After a very long time; eventually; over a long period of time; more generally.

(semantics) A term (word or noun phrase) that shares a hypernym (or hypernymic noun phrase) with another.

Alternative spelling of Incoterm