/ ˈaɪtəm; NAmE / noun
1.
one thing on a list of things to buy, do, talk about, etc. :
What's the next item on the agenda?
2.
a single article or object :
Can I pay for each item separately?
The computer was my largest single item of expenditure.
This clock is a collector's item (= because it is rare and valuable) .
3.
a single piece of news in a newspaper, on television, etc. :
an item of news / a news item
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IDIOMS
- be an item
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (as an adverb): from Latin , in like manner, also . The noun sense arose (late 16th cent.) from the use of the adverb to introduce each statement in a list.