LINE ITEM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An item in an appropriation bill

Example:

Some governors can veto line items in their state budgets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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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