ITEMIZATION Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

itemization

noun

Definition of itemization

as in inventory

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Recent Examples of itemization For hours, in the suffocating heat, Dooley sifted through endless accounts of mundane colonial matters—church records, itemizations, legal disputes, petty complaints. — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026 Bloomberg News reported on April 11 that other companies are looking to add tariff itemization lines to customer receipts. — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 2 May 2025 Consumer advocates have long argued that the itemization requirement is unfair. — Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025 About 90 percent of taxpayers now take the standard deduction, saving them time and money by forgoing itemization while still reducing their tax burden. — The Editors, National Review, 14 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for itemization

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Noun

As crude inventories in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve drain toward their operational limits, America is left, armed with just 300 million barrels.

— Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
The jurist raised concerns about the state of the RMS Titanic collection and ordered that an inventory of the items and their condition be filed with the court.

— Liam Bowman, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of inventory

Noun

The clerk's office is preparing equipment and procedural updates ahead of the November 2026 general election, including tabulation methods to prevent a recurrence.

— Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
The incident highlighted in the declassified materials, however, concerns the security of voter registration information rather than ballots or vote tabulation.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of tabulation

Noun

Females, minors &c are excluded from the polls, but are included in the enumeration of persons on whom representation is apportioned.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
The drafts were messy, but, in reality, so, too, were the handwritten ones—their own version of chaos with arrows, enumerations, and strikethroughs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026

Definition of enumeration

Noun

The company has also received an Approval In Principle (AIP) with a maritime classification society.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2026
Third are sweepstakes machines, which function much like VGTs, but use a legal loophole relating to how players pay and receive prizes to avoid classification as VGTs.

— Joe Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of classification

Noun

Unlike the majority of the Mishnah—the codification of the Jewish Oral Law—Pirkei Avot has very little Halakhic content and instead emphasizes general ethical matters conveyed through aphorisms attributed to ancient rabbinic sages.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
The codification of what became soccer Public school graduates took their versions of the game with them to the next level.

— Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 29 May 2026

Definition of codification

Noun

Good visual organization and logical categorization can bypass that mental load, though.

— Osman Koc, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The regulations also establish a process through which a player may seek a change in categorization by demonstrating that no competitive advantage would result.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of categorization

Noun

In addition to having been kept in impeccable shape over the years, this example had just 958 miles on its odometer at the time of cataloging.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2026
That means regular public access through exhibitions, posted hours, or tours, along with educational programs, lectures, and publications, scholarly research access, and rigorous cataloging.

— Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of cataloging

Noun

Much as low-cost indexing reduced the value of active management that did not consistently add value, AI may raise expectations across the industry and focus attention on areas where advisors offer insight, judgment and perspective.

— Alex Shahidi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Winding machines can process up to 240 cells per minute, while a rotary indexing system performs tab flattening and full-tab forming in a single step.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026

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