Terminal fitting and chain terminal

A terminal fitting, comprising:

• a body portion in the form of a rectangular tube open in a front-rear direction;
• a projection projecting from one wall part toward another wall part, out of two wall parts of the body portion adjacent across one corner;
• a resilient contact portion arranged in the body portion;
• and
• a fulcrum portion serving as a fulcrum when the resilient contact portion is deflected and deformed,
• wherein, in a developed state along the front-rear direction and a width direction:
• one side end of the resilient contact portion is arranged on one side end part in the width direction,
• a tip of the projection is arranged on another side end part in the width direction, and
• a recess is provided at a position overlapping the projection when viewed from the width direction and separated from the fulcrum portion in the front-rear direction on the one side end of the resilient contact portion.