— catalogist , n. — catalogic /kat'l oj"ik/ , catalogical, catalogistic /kat'l oh jis"tik/ , adj.
/kat"l awg', -og'/ , n.
1. a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
2. something that contains such a list or record, as a book, leaflet, or file.
3. a list of the contents of a library or a group of libraries, arranged according to any of various systems. Cf. card catalog, on-line catalog, union catalog .
4. any list or record: a catalog of complaints.
v.t.
5. to enter (items) in a catalog; make a catalog of.
v.i.
6. to produce a catalog.
7. to have a specified price as listed in a catalog: This model catalogs for $49.95.
8. to offer merchandise in a mail-order catalog.
adj.
9. of, pertaining to, or carrying on business through a mail-order catalog: catalog sales.
[ 1425-75; late ME cataloge catalogus katálogos a register (akin to katalégein to count up), equiv. to kata- CATA- + -logos reckoning ]
Syn. 1, 3. roster, register, record. See list 1 .