Terms and Conditions

[realEnglish]

What are terms (not conditions), and what are conditions (not terms) in a "terms and conditions" agreement?

Example: https://www.usingenglish.com/about/terms/

 

[Rover_KE]

I expect a detailed reply would be as boring as that lengthy screed you've just inflicted on us.

Somebody might prove me wrong.

 

[realEnglish]

I expect a detailed reply would be as boring as that lengthy screed you've just inflicted on us.

Somebody might prove me wrong.

Could you please just copy and paste to show me a few examples to help me understand?

 

[Rover_KE]

Pass.

 

[GoesStation]

"Terms and Conditions" is a fixed legal phrase. The individual words presumably have specific meanings in that context, but for everyday use, those meanings are unimportant.

 

[realEnglish]

"Terms and Conditions" is a fixed legal phrase. The individual words presumably have specific meanings in that context, but for everyday use, those meanings are unimportant.

Thank you!

I have been misunderstanding that term. I thought it's a combination of two things. But it's just a phrase that means a list of things you have to agree and have legally bindings.

 

[probus]

I am not a lawyer, but I have taken a course in law as it relates to business. Terms are the major and essential provisions of a contract, while conditions are relatively minor or non-essential provisions.

 

[GoesStation]

I have been misunderstanding that term. I thought it was a combination of two things.

To a lawyer, each of the two words probably has a distinct meaning. What the meanings are is not important to the rest of us.

 

[realEnglish]

I am not a lawyer, but I have taken a course in law as it relates to business. Terms are the major and essential provisions of a contract, while conditions are relatively minor or non-essential provisions.

Thank you!

I thought terms meant "the terms I dictate and you must accept, failure to do so would result in penalty", and conditions meant "the conditions you must meet, if you fail to do so, I can refuse to do my duty". Your explanation helps.