1. A single article or unit in a collection, enumeration, or series.
2. A clause of a document, such as a bill or charter.
3. an entry in an account.
4. A bit of information; a detail.
5. A short piece in a newspaper or magazine.
6. A romantically involved couple: "[they] soon began seeing each other . . . and were an item for a year and a half.” ( peter J. Boyer).
7. also; likewise. used to introduce each article in an enumeration or list.
8. archaic to compute.

1. A distinct physical object.
2. A line of text having a legal or semantic meaning.
3. A matter for discussion in an agenda.
4. two people who are having a relationship with each other.
5. A question on a test, which may include its answers.

1. also; as an additional article.
2. an article; a separate particular in an account.
3. A hint; an innuendo.
4. A short article in a newspaper; a paragraph.
5. A topic or piece of information having the salacious character of gossip, especially a romantic relation between two people.
6. to make a note or memorandum of.

1. also: a word used in introducing the separate articles of an enumeration, as the separate clauses or details of a will or the particular parts of an account or list of things.
2. to make a note or memorandum of.
3. an article; a separate particular; a single detail of any kind: as, the account consists of many items.
4. an intimation; a reminder; a hint.
5. A trick; fancy; caprice. —
6. A paragraph in a newspaper; a scrap of news.

1. an individual instance of a type of symbol
2. (used when listing or enumerating items) also
3. a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
4. a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection
5. a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
6. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole