Noun
terms of reference pl (plural only)
(management) A set of terms that define the purpose of a project, its development, and how it can be evaluated.
The second one, the joint Truth and Friendship Commission, which we started now with Indonesia, that is the one that has been criticized; its terms of reference call for providing amnesty for those who cooperate in telling the truth. It does not lead to prosecution. Jose Ramos-Horta
...even the police discussed this violence as possibly coming within the scope of their terms of reference. Anthony Burgess
Science can function only by abstracting from the reality in which the scientist has his being. In spite of the astonishing complications it discovers, with which it dazzles and almost blinds us, science is compelled by its own terms of reference to be a drastic simplification. J. B. Priestley
The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based on international law and United Nations resolutions, and that it frantically continues to intensify building of settlements on the territory of the State of Palestine. Mahmoud Abbas
GCIS said government maintained that the Terms of Reference for the provision of an aircraft for the repatriation includes trained crew members to assist the passengers. Source: Internet
The Terms of Reference reflect those origins. Source: Internet