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Terms and conditions

Meaning in contract & commercial law, with examples

nounCore term

In contract & commercial law, terms and conditions means: The standard rules that a business applies to all its sales or services, usually published on its website, in quotations or on the back of order forms.

In Turkish: genel şartlar, hüküm ve koşullar, genel işlem koşulları

How it is used

Often written 'T&Cs' or 'Ts&Cs'. Businesses try to make sure their own terms and conditions apply, for example by referring to them in every quotation. Consumer and business protection rules may make unfair standard terms ineffective.

Example sentences

  1. All orders are subject to our standard terms and conditions of sale.

  2. Please read the terms and conditions before you accept the quotation.

Common collocations

  • standard terms and conditions
  • terms and conditions of sale
  • accept the terms and conditions
  • general terms and conditions
  • termA provision of a contract that sets out a right or obligation; also the period of time for which a contract lasts.
  • counterofferA reply to an offer that changes some of its terms; it rejects the original offer and becomes a new offer that the other party can accept or refuse.
  • supplierA business that provides goods or services to another business, usually under a supply agreement or individual purchase orders.
  • contractA legally binding agreement between two or more parties in which each side promises to do, or not to do, certain things.

More terms: Commercial Agreements

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