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# itemise

verb (itemise, itemises, itemised, itemising; US itemize)

«itemise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To itemise is to make a list of things one by one, often with the price or amount of each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itemise/#m1)

### In the lessons

In money lessons and adult life: an itemised bill or receipt shows each thing you bought and its cost. In school: itemise the equipment you need. It tells the reader everything is listed separately.

### Examples

- The shop gave us an itemised receipt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itemise/#x1)
- Please itemise everything you spent on the trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itemise/#x2)
- Dad checked the itemised phone bill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itemise/#x3)
- The teacher itemised the things we must bring to camp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itemise/#x4)
- An itemised list makes packing easier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itemise/#x5)
- The plumber itemised the parts and the labour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itemise/#x6)

### Note

UK spelling -ise, US spelling -ize (itemize); both are correct. From «item» (one thing in a list). Maths: the total of an itemised bill is the sum of all the item prices; check it by adding them up.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «itemise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itemise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«itemise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/itemise.html) on Mova free.