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line item

n. 1 An item appearing on a single line in any schedule of information. 2 (context accounting English) An item of revenue or expenditure in a budget or other financial statement or report. 3 (context government English) A budget appropriation.

WordNet
line item

n. an item in an appropriation bill; "Some governors can veto line items in their state budgets"