Abstract: A battery terminal particularly for vehicle batteries is described, and which includes a wedging member operable by screw means including an easily accessible, manually operable knob which can be turned to draw the wedging member firmly into engagement between a surface of the battery post and an inner surface of the terminal body. The terminal body, in addition to the usual socket shaped to receive the battery post, has a recess communicating with the socket, the recess having a base wall facing towards the socket and being so disposed relative to the axis of the socket that the base wall is inclined relative to the adjacent surface of a post inserted into the socket. The wedging member is movable in this recess without rotation, and the screw means urge the wedging member into a position in which it is firmly wedged between the base wall and the adjacent surface of the post.