"the workers were offered severance terms", what does "terms" refer to?

@dennislv (134)
Shanghai, China
October 11, 2013 3:16am CST
A set time or written clauses in a contract?
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
11 Oct 13
"Terms" here refers to clauses in a contract or the parts of an agreement which determines part of a contract (in this case, the agreement which determines what will happen when the workers are 'severed' - cut off - from the work they are doing).
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@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
11 Oct 13
It's an agreement.
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