Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who collects and furnishes items for a newspaper.

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  • noun US, finance One who makes itemized deductions on a tax return.

Etymologies

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itemize +‎ -er

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Examples

  • And when an itemizer in the 35% bracket donates $100, the after-tax cost is only $65.

    Obama Is No Socialist 2009

  • "Virtually no one facing foreclosure is an itemizer," says Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee.

    Housing Crisis Looms 2008

  • DORNIN: Now from what I understand, it may come up in the itemizer as some kind of explosive residue, but indeed it may be just about quite a number of materials, right?

    CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2002 2002

  • The routine would be, if there's an explosive residue that's discovered and it goes through the itemizer machine, the analysis -- that person is held, the police is called, and then that person is questioned.

    CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2002 2002

  • A citizen of Dubuque is said by a newspaper itemizer to have lately developed a tail.

    Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 Various

  • Perhaps it was "pinching" poverty in the way of items that drove the itemizer to invent it.

    Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 04, April 23, 1870 Various

  • In some cases, though, part of a refund can be tax free even for an itemizer.

    The Most-Overlooked Tax Deductions 2011

  • Even if you've been a lifelong itemizer, it could be time to stop.

    unknown title 2011

  • I know this is just andecdotal (which is why I'd like to see more empirical), but as someone in Cincinnati, who bought a starter home ($100k-$200k) in my 20s, the mortgage interest deduction turned me into a itemizer.

    Felix Salmon - All posts 2010

  • USG-funded itemizers at the airport were rendered useless by sabotage and suggested that airlines might be willing to pay for itemizer maintenance.

    The Guardian World News 2010

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