to item
- verb
- /ˈaɪtəm/
- The accountant will item every expense on the financial report to ensure transparency.
Examples
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Before finalizing the inventory, please item each product to verify that nothing is missing.
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Now, may I have your attention, please, to item six on the agenda, which is the alumni dinner.
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Suppose that a majority is more susceptible to item two than to item one, but that their willingness to tolerate the less preferred item is slightly greater than that of the minority.
Academic text (2001) -
The effect of allowing mutations to attract individuals who would otherwise have been more inclined to item two is to increase the frequency of I1 in the population from 10 (see the discussion of 11) to about 25.
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During the meeting, the manager asked everyone to item their suggestions for the project.
Synonyms
To list things one by one with details
To make a list of goods and their amounts in a business
Compounds
- Specialized
A single entry in a budget or bill that shows how much money it is and what it is for
How Many
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb item comes from the same Latin item, which people used to mark each point in a list. So to item something is to put it in a list as its own entry, like the modern word itemize.