item
noun
[ ˈʌɪtəm ]
• an individual article or unit, especially one that is part of a list, collection, or set.
• "the items on the agenda"
Similar:
thing,
article,
object,
unit,
module,
artefact,
piece,
commodity,
product,
bit,
element,
constituent,
component,
ingredient,
item
adverb
• used to introduce each item in a list.
• "item two statute books … item two drums"
Origin:
late Middle English (as an adverb): from Latin, ‘in like manner, also’. The noun sense arose (late 16th century) from the use of the adverb to introduce each statement in a list.
