Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

item

item , adverb

[Latin See Iterate.]

Also; as an additional article.

item , noun

[From Item, adv.]

1.
An article; a separate particular in an account; as, the items in a bill; he picked up four items at the drug store.
2.
A hint; an innuendo. [Obsolete]
A secret item was given to some of the bishops... to absent themselves. — Fuller
3.
A short article in a newspaper; a paragraph; as, an item concerning the weather.
4.
A topic or piece of information having the salacious character of gossip, especially a romantic relation between two people; as, I hear that the boss and his new secretary are an item.

Item , transitive verb

To make a note or memorandum of.
I have itemed it in my memory. — Addison