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LINE ITEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does line item mean?
• LINE ITEM (noun)
The noun LINE ITEM has 1 sense:
1. an item in an appropriation bill
Familiarity information: LINE ITEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An item in an appropriation bill
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
Some governors can veto line items in their state budgets
Hypernyms ("line item" is a kind of...):
item; point (a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list)
Holonyms ("line item" is a part of...):
appropriation bill (a legislative act proposing to authorize the expenditure of public funds for a specified purpose)
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