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Ecopsy Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Terms and Conditions

What's the difference between the two?

Examples:

One must be at work at 8, and can not leave before 12 at noon.

The person in this position will get 1200 USD per month.

Employees' health insurances are provided by the employer.

Whoever makes gross mistakes will be dismissed imediately.

Which are terms and which are conditions.

(All have been invented, so they may not sound great. I'd be sorry for that)

Regards.
  

Top answer

They both have multiple meanings, but in the case where they're similar, I'd call them synonymous. "

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They both have multiple meanings, but in the case where they're similar, I'd call them synonymous.

Conditions of employment = terms of employment

They both can be singular or plural:

"One of the terms/conditions of employment is that you maintain a clean driving record."

I suppose a description of the benefit package would more likely use "terms."

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Thank you, sir. I've got it basically.

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