"line item" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: line items [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} line item (plural line items)
  1. An item appearing on a single line in any schedule of information.
    Sense id: en-line_item-en-noun-kxWhZBN8
  2. (accounting) An item of revenue or expenditure in a budget or other financial statement or report. Categories (topical): Accounting
    Sense id: en-line_item-en-noun-xTxtzx8e Topics: accounting, business, finance
  3. (government) A budget appropriation. Categories (topical): Government
    Sense id: en-line_item-en-noun-R79l~RlH Topics: government
  4. (logistics) One item on an order, regardless of quantity. Categories (topical): Logistics
    Sense id: en-line_item-en-noun-IS~DlzKa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 14 14 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: line-item veto

Inflected forms

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