BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Item
- a single piece of information included in a company's accounts
- one of the subjects selected for discussion during a meeting and listed on an agenda
Wiktionary Definition for: Item
- A distinct physical object.
- Ex:''Tweezers are great for manipulating small '''items'''.''
- A line of text having a legal or semantic meaning.
- Ex:''In response to the first '''item''', we deny all wrongdoing.''
- A matter for discussion in an agenda.
- Ex:''The first '''item''' for discussion is the budget for next year's picnic.''
- informal Two people who are having a relationship with each other.
- Ex:''Jack and Jill are an '''item'''.''
- cattag psychometrics A question on a test, which may include its answers.
- Ex:''The exam has 100 '''items''', each of which includes a correct response and three distractors.''
- #Likewise, also.
Additional Resources
- When Little Things Mean a Lot: On the Inefficiency of Item Pricing Laws
- This paper studies Item Pricing Laws IPLs which require that each item in a store be individually marked with a price sticker and examine and quantify their costs and benefits. On the cost side, the paper argues that item-pricing laws increase the retailers' costs, forcing them to raise prices. This...
- White papers 2004-05-09
- Line-Item Veto: Why Wait?
- President Bush has proposed what is in effect a line-item veto in his Legislative Line-Item Veto Act of 2006. His proposal is a little different from traditional line-item veto proposals, under which Presidents would be allowed to excise parts of spending bills they don't like. Bush's legislation would enable the...
- Research articles 2006-03-20
- The internal RevIRS updates web item debunking frivolous tax arguments. (Taxing Issues)
- * THE INTERNAL RevIRS UPDATES WEB ITEM DEBUNKING FRIVOLOUS TAX ARGUMENTS: The Internal Revenue Service has updated its Web site item that addresses false arguments about the legality of not paying taxes or filing returns. The IRS chief counsel prepared .. * THE INTERNAL RevIRS...
- Research articles 2002-04-22
- Vue Technology and Symbol Technologies Introduce Retail Industry's First Item-Level RFID Handheld and Integrated Handheld/Smart Shelf Bundled Solutions
- Vue Technology, Inc., the leading provider of RFID networking and item-level solutions, and Symbol Technologies, the Enterprise Mobility Company (NYSE: SBL), will unveil two bundled item-level RFID offerings for the retail industry this week at the AAFA Apparel & Footwear Summit in New York City. The companies will introduce a...
- Research articles 2006-08-14
- View A Named Item In Excel Services
- When you open a Microsoft Office Excel workbook in Excel Services, the workbook is displayed in one of two possible views: worksheet view - in this view, you can display the workbook, including one or more worksheets, and all information on these worksheets; named item view - in this view,...
- White papers
- Line-item laughs: president and Congress. (President Clinton is criticized for using power granted him by the line-item veto to eliminate funding for Republican-sponsored projects he believed represented excessive spending)(Brief Article)
- BUDGET politics is not known for its comic depth; but Bill Clinton's exercise of his new line-item veto powers on August 11th yielded some real thigh-slappers. The president, the House speaker and a smiling Texan billionaire all delivered themselves ofBUDGET politics is not known for its comic...
- Research articles 1997-08-16
- Line-item veto a good-idea; let's finally implement it - Column
- As with every president in this century, Bill Clinton win ask Congress to give him line-item veto power when he enters the White House this month. Despite the failures of past presidents to secure this vitally needed tool for budget discipline, there is reason to hope that this president may...
- Research articles 1993-01-18
- Statement on line item vetoes of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1998
- I have used my line item veto today to save taxpayers $19 million by canceling eight projects in the 1998 Energy and Water Appropriations Act that are unwarranted.Today marks the sixth time I have used my line item veto authority to save the taxpayers money by canceling unjustified, special interest...
- Research articles 1997-10-20
- KFC seeks Pope's blessing in rollout of first fish item
- LOUISVILLE, KY. -- KFC on Feb. 21 introduced its first fish item, the 99-cent KFC Fish Snacker, with a publicity ploy that involves a religious plea to the Pope. The new item was unveiled Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Catholic Church's Lenten season, which ends on Easter....
- Research articles 2007-03-05
- Fiserv, Inc. and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce announce formation of new item processing company in Canada
- BROOKFIELD, Wis.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 25, 1996--Fiserv, Inc. and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CIBC announced today that they have signed a letter of intent to form a new item processing services company comprised of all the CIBC item processing and currency operations centers in Canada. The innovative new Canadian company...
- Research articles 1996-07-25
- Synergent Queues Credit Unions for Check 21 Transitions With Branch Item Capture and Image Exchange Technologies
- LAS VEGAS -- Item Processing Veteran Expects Credit Unions to Realize Immediate Check 21 Benefits Synergent, a leading item and data processing services provider to northeast regional credit unions, has chosen image and branch item capture solutions from VSoft Corporation to enable successful Check 21 transitions for its 110...
- Research articles 2004-11-16
- Option systems OSL integrates innovative costing feature into its Product Range Management solution; Will enable apparel companies to compare the landed cost of an item from multiple sources; Projects landed costs of an item into multiple sales markets.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-20 October 2005-Option Systems Limited: Option systems OSL integrates innovative costing feature into its Product Range Management solution; Will enable apparel companies to compare the landed cost of an item from multiple sources; Projects landed costs of an item into multiple sales marketsC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...
- Research articles 2005-10-20
- Fiserv Opens Vermont Item Processing Center to Meet Client Merchants Bank's Needs
- BROOKFIELD, Wis. -- Fiserv, Inc. (Nasdaq:FISV) will officially open its newest item processing center in response to the specified need for improved technology for anchor client Merchants Bank, based in Burlington, Vt. The new facility, based in the Burlington suburb of Williston, Vt., will enable Fiserv to provide increased item...
- Research articles 2005-11-02
- Pulling his punches. (Pres Clinton has been judicious in using line-item veto authority lately, hoping to win Congressional approval for fast-track trade legislation)(Brief Article)
- 00-00-0000 AS HE PROMISED, PRESIDENT CLINTON has been making heavy use of the line-item veto authority Congress recently granted him. Yet, although he mainly has taken his pen to defense items, by ... 00-00-0000 AS HE PROMISED, PRESIDENT CLINTON has been making heavy use...
- Research articles 1997-11-03
- Software Engineering Consultants, a LANSA business partner, says its GTIN Builder--a Windows-based tool for Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) management--eases data aggregation problems that companies face when preparing data for publication to the UCCnet G
- Software Engineering Consultants, a LANSA business partner, says its GTIN Builder--a Windows-based tool for Global Trade Item Number GTIN management--eases data aggregation problems that companies face when preparing data for publication to the U Software Engineering Consultants, a LANSA business partner, says its...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- Sync, then swim: for retail suppliers Q.E.P. and Aspen Pet Products, item data sync sets collaborative foundation.(opportunities & constraints)
- With a techie-sounding name like item data sync, Chuck Sharpe says there's little wonder why a key issue he's been involved with is perceived across the industry as an IT problem. Sharpe, director of IT at Aspen Pet Products, a Denver-based manufac With a...
- Research articles 2004-04-01
- Vue Technology Provides UHF Item-Level Solutions to Metro Group Future Store Initiative
- Vue Technology, the leading provider of item-level RFID solutions, today announced that the company has joined the METRO Group Future Store initiative as a technology partner. Vue Technology is providing European frequency UHF technology for on-shelf, item-level visibility for apparel. The METRO Group Future Store initiative is a cooperative effort...
- Research articles 2007-03-07
- Silver Bullet Technology Releases Ranger for BancTec High-Speed Sorters; BancTec Item Processing Transport Owners Now Have Extended Application Options
- IRVING, Texas & PENSACOLA, Fla. -- BancTec, a leading provider of document management solutions and services, and Silver Bullet Technology, Inc., a provider of item processing software and solutions, today announced the release of RangerTM interface for BancTec's X-Series multi-functional item processing transport. Silver Bullet's Ranger interface will allow users...
- Research articles 2005-04-12
- Pharmas tap the brakes on item-level tagging.(RFID ROUNDUP: A sampling of developments, both promising and cautionary....)
- Oyster Bay, N.Y.-based ABI Research recently downgraded its 2006 RFID item-level tagging adoption forecast for pharmaceuticals, saying the slowdown is brought on by uncertainty around government-mandated deadlines for drug pedigrees. Only 10 drugs Oyster Bay, N.Y.-based ABI Research recently downgraded its 2006 ...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- P&G publishes item data. (Start).(Procter and Gamble Co.)(Brief Article)
- In an effort toward global data synchronization, Procter & Gamble has been the first manufacturer to publish item information to its retail customers through the Transora Data Catalogue. With more than 16,000 items entered and validated, P& In an effort toward global data synchronization,...
- Research articles 2002-04-15
