Meaning & use
line itemed
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Meanings
verbtransitivebusinessfinance
Listed each cost or item separately on a budget or bill, instead of grouping them together.
Grammar: Passive and past-tense use is most common: the budget was line itemed.
Patterns
- line item something
- something is line itemed
- line itemed expenses
The manager line itemed every expense so the board could see exactly where the money went.
Our grant proposal must be line itemed before the committee will review it.
The invoice was line itemed, with travel, meals, and equipment shown on separate rows.
adjectivebefore a nounbusinessfinance
Shown as separate rows or entries on a list, budget, or invoice.
Grammar: Used before a noun: a line itemed budget.
Patterns
- line itemed budget
- line itemed costs
She prefers a line itemed budget because it makes overspending easy to spot.
The auditors asked for a line itemed version of the report.
Word forms
| base form | line item |
|---|---|
| third person singular | line items |
| present participle | line iteming |
| past tense | line itemed |
| past participle | line itemed |
Common combinations
- line itemed budget
- The finance team submitted a line itemed budget for the new project.
- fully line itemed
- Make sure the quote is fully line itemed before you send it.
- line itemed expenses
- Line itemed expenses are easier to question than a single total.
- line itemed invoice
- The supplier sent a line itemed invoice listing each delivery.
Synonyms and how they differ
- itemized
- The everyday word for the same idea; 'itemized' is far more common outside accounting departments.
- detailed
- Broader and less exact — a detailed bill may still group some costs together.
Opposites
Word family
- line item noun
- a single separate entry on a list or budget
- line-item veto noun
- the power to reject one part of a spending bill while keeping the rest
Commonly confused: line itemed or itemized?
line itemed vs itemized
'Itemized' is the standard general word; 'line itemed' sounds technical and is mainly used in business writing.
Practice
Which sentence uses the verb correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Line item' is transitive, so it takes a direct object with no preposition: line itemed the expenses. Options 2 and 4 wrongly add 'to' or 'for', and option 3 uses a passive form that makes no sense here.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “line itemed”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.