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to item

1 6.7
List something separately in a document or record
  • verb
  • /ˈaɪtəm/
translation icon : desglosar
  • The accountant will item every expense on the financial report to ensure transparency.

Examples

  • Before finalizing the inventory, please item each product to verify that nothing is missing.

  • Now, may I have your attention, please, to item six on the agenda, which is the alumni dinner.

  • 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.

    Academic text (2001)
  • During the meeting, the manager asked everyone to item their suggestions for the project.

Synonyms

to itemize
vsto item
  • US
22 4.1

To list things one by one with details

records each entry as an individual listed unit without stressing detail
to inventory
vsto item
12 4.1

To make a list of goods and their amounts in a business

focuses on noting single entries rather than producing a full complete list

Compounds

news item
  • Literature
12 2.0

A short report about one event in a newspaper or on TV

line item
  • Specialized
12 3.5

A single entry in a budget or bill that shows how much money it is and what it is for

An object that people want to keep because it is rare and valuable

8 2.4

A subject listed for discussion at a meeting

Something people keep safe because it is worth money or has special meaning

A single product recorded in store or company stock

4.1

An object someone owned before and now sells to others

5.7

A thing like furniture or clothing that someone makes to look worn

A thing that has not been bought or sold

How Many

estate
327 3.9
assets
3.0
belongings
1 1.0
possession
240 1.7
to item
1 6.7

Surface Forms

item infinitive
itemed past
itemed past participle
iteming present participle
items third person singular

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.