itemize

[ ahy-tuh-mahyz ]

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verb (used with object),i·tem·ized, i·tem·iz·ing.

to state by items; give the particulars of; list the individual units or parts of: to itemize an account.
to list as an item or separate part: to itemize deductions on an income-tax return.

verb (used without object),i·tem·ized, i·tem·iz·ing.

to compute an income-tax return by listing separately all assets, credits, allowable deductions, losses, etc.

Origin of itemize

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; item + -ize

Also especially British, i·tem·ise .

Other words from itemize

i·tem·i·za·tion, noun
i·tem·iz·er, noun
mis·i·tem·ized, adjective
non·i·tem·ized, adjective
non·i·tem·iz·er, noun
re·i·tem·ize, verb (used with object), re·i·tem·ized, re·i·tem·iz·ing.
un·i·tem·ized, adjective
well-i·tem·ized, adjective

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How to use itemize in a sentence

Lilly said she had often been in an apothecary's shop, but could not itemise the contents.
The Song of Songs | Hermann Sudermann
How, one may well ask, are we to itemise the retail iniquities of a system of government which is itself a wholesale iniquity?
The Open Secret of Ireland | T. M. Kettle

British Dictionary definitions for itemize

itemize

itemise

/ (ˈaɪtəˌmaɪz) /

verb

(tr) to put on a list or make a list of

Derived forms of itemize

itemization or itemisation, noun

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