line item

noun

: an appropriation that is itemized on a separate line in a budget
line-item adjective

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According to both the House’s and the Governor’s versions of the budget, the line item had been set at $922,000 to share with the state’s racing or simulcast host communities — Boston, Revere, Raynham, and Plainville. Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 2 July 2025 That disconnect leads many to relegate cybersecurity to vague line items. Steve Carter, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 Today was but an additional line item in my debts of survival. Literary Hub, 26 June 2025 Those who believe in this kind of thinking might say that line items on USAID’s ledger are only of minor consequence in the grand scheme of things. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for line item

Word History

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of line item was in 1962

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“Line item.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20item. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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