Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To place or include on a list of items.
  • intransitive verb To list the items of.
  • intransitive verb To list deductions from taxable income on a tax return.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To state by items; give the items or particulars of: as, to itemize an account.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb Local, U. S. To state in items, or by particulars; to list each item in a collection under discussion.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To state in items, or by particulars; as, to itemize the cost of a railroad.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb place on a list of items
  • verb specify individually

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Examples

  • With all the tax cutting going on lately, the number of people who itemize is dropping.

    Housing's P/E Ratio, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • TDI tax is deductible, but only if you itemize - in other words, only if you make a separate list of your deductions on S.hedule A of your U.S. Form 1040.

    Projo.com Projo Local News 2010

  • TDI tax is deductible, but only if you itemize - in other words, only if you make a separate list of your deductions on S.hedule A of your U.S. Form 1040.

    Projo.com Projo Local News 2010

  • First, the IRS said the delays will affect those who "itemize" their deductions on Schedule A.

    Some Taxpayers Must Wait to File Returns Tom Herman 2011

  • First, the IRS said the delays will affect those who "itemize" their deductions on Schedule

    FOXNews.com 2011

  • First, the IRS said the delays will affect those who "itemize" their deductions on Schedule

    FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2011

  • You can "itemize" deductions if you have deductions which exceed that amount.

    Evening News and Tribune Homepage 2010

  • You can "itemize" deductions if you have deductions which exceed that amount.

    Evening News and Tribune Homepage 2010

  • You can "itemize" deductions if you have deductions which exceed that amount.

    Evening News and Tribune Homepage 2010

  • Asked if Google has a "lock-in" on publishers or advertisers that makes it harder for other companies to compete, Ballmer said there are "a lot of places where it is hard to break through," but he said the conference wasn't the right place to "itemize"

    Techworld Australia News 2010

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