item

Meaning

1. A distinct physical object.
2. An object that can be picked up for later use.
3. A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
4. A question on a test, which may include its answers.
5. A matter for discussion in an agenda.
6. (informal) Two people who are having a romantic or sexual relationship with each other.
7. A short article in a newspaper.
8. (obsolete) A hint; an innuendo.
9. Short for item girl.

article

nucha

unit of equipment

a count in an indictment

recorded delivery

period of play

playing period

statute title

subject of entry

articel

part

clauses and subclanuses

accounting record

data item

Frequency

Hyphenated as

i‧tem

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaɪ.təm/

From Middle English item, from Latin item (“also; in the same manner”). The present English meaning derives from a usage in lists, where the first entry would begin in primis (“firstly”) or imprimis, and the other entries with item (“also, moreover”). Later, the members of lists were referred to as "items".

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