item
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
item/ˈʌɪtəm/
▶noun an individual article or unit.
■ a piece of news or information.
■ an entry in an account.
▶adverb archaic (used to introduce each item in a list) also.– phrases
be an item informal (of a couple) be in a romantic or sexual relationship.
be an item informal (of a couple) be in a romantic or sexual relationship.
– origin ME (as adv.): from L., ‘in like manner, also’.
'item' also found in these Oxford entries:
accession
- accoutrement
- addendum
- ahi
- album
- amuse-gueule
- annal
- attainder
- B
- bar tack
- best
- bet
- bitmap
- blue-plate
- bonne bouche
- boot
- burnt offering
- cake
- card index
- cartridge
- centrepiece
- chattel
- chattel mortgage
- cheapo
- check
- cheque
- collectable
- colour
- comestible
- credit
- crock
- cross
- deaccession
- dereference
- detail
- discard
- ditto
- doff
- don
- encore
- enrobe
- entry
- exceptional
- exclusion
- exhibit
- expense
- extra
- factoid
- feature
- field
