alteration modification adjustment | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
adjustment registration readjustment | the act of adjusting something to match a standard |
collector's item showpiece piece de resistance | the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection |
item | a whole individual unit, especially when included in a list or collection, they reduced the price on many items |
detail item point | an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole, several of the details are similar, a point of information |
item point | a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list, he noticed an item in the New York Times, she had several items on her shopping list, the main point on the agenda was taken up first |
agenda item | one of the items to be considered |
inventory item | an item listed in an inventory |
line item | an item in an appropriation bill, Some governors can veto line items in their state budgets |
news item | an item in a newspaper |
token item | an individual instance of a type of symbol, the word`error' contains three tokens of `r' |
adjustment accommodation fitting | making or becoming suitable, adjusting to circumstances |
allowance adjustment | an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances, an allowance for profit |
seasonal adjustment | a statistical adjustment made to accommodate predictable fluctuations as a function of the season of the year, seasonal adjustments for housing starts must be made in mid-winter |
adaptation adaption adjustment | the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) |
detail particular item | a small part that can be considered separately from the whole, it was perfect in all details |
individual case-by-case item-by-item | separate and distinct from others of the same kind, mark the individual pages, on a case-by-case basis |
item | (used when listing or enumerating items) also, a length of chain, item a hook-Philip Guedalla |