line item
noun
: an appropriation that is itemized on a separate line in a budget
line-item
ˈlīn-ˈī-təm 
adjective 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In corporate disclosures, that line item has shrunk by more than $600 million since 2019 to just over $3 billion. 
oregonlive, 14 July 2022 Quinn-Davidson said the administration’s sole communication about fuel budget shortfalls was its inclusion as one line item of many in a request for ARPA funds. Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2022 The data showed that little shifted from 2000-2006, but employers’ desired characteristics in candidates began to shift around 2007 when job ads began mentioned strong social skills as a line item. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 26 July 2022 In this case, a 6-3 court struck down a president's ability to veto certain provisions of legislation approved by Congress, known as the line item veto. John Fritze, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2022 The cost of universal pre-K and affordable child care would be roughly $382 billion, the agency found, compared to the bill's line item figure of $400 billion. CBS News, 19 Nov. 2021 Imagine the ability to use the line item veto to cut expansion of reproductive rights and health care for women. ABC News, 12 Sep. 2021 Motorola is throwing most of its budget at an eye-popping 144 Hz, 6.6-inch, 2400×1080 display, which is a powerful spec-sheet line item versus the lowly 60 Hz display in the Pixel 6a. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 18 Aug. 2022 In such cases, the governor has the authority to veto each individual line item in a bill. Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022 See More
oregonlive, 14 July 2022 Quinn-Davidson said the administration’s sole communication about fuel budget shortfalls was its inclusion as one line item of many in a request for ARPA funds. Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2022 The data showed that little shifted from 2000-2006, but employers’ desired characteristics in candidates began to shift around 2007 when job ads began mentioned strong social skills as a line item. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 26 July 2022 In this case, a 6-3 court struck down a president's ability to veto certain provisions of legislation approved by Congress, known as the line item veto. John Fritze, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2022 The cost of universal pre-K and affordable child care would be roughly $382 billion, the agency found, compared to the bill's line item figure of $400 billion. CBS News, 19 Nov. 2021 Imagine the ability to use the line item veto to cut expansion of reproductive rights and health care for women. ABC News, 12 Sep. 2021 Motorola is throwing most of its budget at an eye-popping 144 Hz, 6.6-inch, 2400×1080 display, which is a powerful spec-sheet line item versus the lowly 60 Hz display in the Pixel 6a. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 18 Aug. 2022 In such cases, the governor has the authority to veto each individual line item in a bill. Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1962, in the meaning defined above
- by necessity
- by night
- by no means
- by no stretch of the imagination
- by numbers
- by one's lonesome
- by one's own account
- by one's own admission
- by one's own bootstraps
- by one's own hand
- by oneself
- by ourselves
- by popular demand
- by prescription
- by reason of
- by request
- by return
- by return mail
- by return of post
- by right
- by rights
- by sea
- by sight
- by some distance
- by some miracle