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1617 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 3) v. vii. §4. 598 Hee sent a present to the Vice-roy with some Treatie of peace, whereof the Vice-roy made light account, thinking first to ouercome vs..and then to treat of peace on his owne termes.

1670 R. Baxter Life of Faith (new ed.) 330 Christ died to procure us that pardoning Covenant, which (on its own terms) will pardon every sin of the Justified when they are committed.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Monopoly,..when one or more Persons make themselves sole Masters of any Commodity..; those who have occasion for it being obliged to purchase it at their hands, and on their own terms.

1764 J. Burton Present State Navigation Thames 14 Refusing Carriage of Goods, but on their own Terms.

1832 B. Disraeli Let. 15 May (1982) I. 274 I very much fear that the Whig's are again in, and on their own terms.

1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 452/1 It seems as if Mr. Lorillard would like to make a series of matches on his own terms, over courses of his own selection, and for amounts he stipulates.

1918 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 32 358 The government..could..requisition the residences within them and house workers in them on its own terms.

1968 Q. Crisp Naked Civil Servant xix. 136 I had..imagined that, by strength of will and the use of an unremittingly antiseptic manner, I could have and hold the situation on my own terms.

2012 Billboard 7 Jan. 20/2 We have our own studio, our own label. We do everything on our own terms.