A terminal to be inserted into a storage space formed in a housing includes a hollow sheath portion, and a first engagement portion to be engaged with the storage space, the first engagement portion including a first inclining portion, and a first abutment portion extending from an upper end of the first inclining portion towards the sheath portion and making abutment at a lower end thereof with a ceiling of the sheath portion, the terminal being formed of a single metal sheet, the first engagement portion being formed by bending a projecting part around a direction intersecting with the axis of the sheath portion, the projecting part being a part of the metal sheet defining the sheath portion and extending in parallel with a direction in which the terminal is inserted into the housing.