Dictionary entry

Item (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

I″tem (?), n. [From Item, adv.]

1. An article; a separate particular in an account; as, the items in a bill.

2. A hint; an innuendo.

A secret item was given to some of the bishops... to absent themselves. Fuller.

3. A short article in a newspaper; a paragraph; as, an item concerning the weather.