line item

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A single item, especially of a legislative appropriations bill.

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• noun An item appearing on a single line in any schedule of information.
• noun accounting An item of revenue or expenditure in a budget or other financial statement or report.
• noun government A budget appropriation.

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• noun an item in an appropriation bill