notions

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
notion/ˈnəʊʃn/

▶noun

• 1 a concept or belief.

  ■ a vague awareness or understanding.

• 2 an impulse or desire.

• 3 (notions) chiefly N. Amer. items used in sewing, such as buttons and pins.

– origin ME: from L. notio(n-) ‘idea’, from notus ‘known’, past part. of noscere.