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cat⋅a⋅log

[kat-l-awg, -og]
–noun
1. a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
2. something that contains such a list or record, as a book, leaflet, or file.
3. a list of the contents of a library or a group of libraries, arranged according to any of various systems. Compare card catalog, on-line catalog, union catalog.
4. any list or record: a catalog of complaints.
–verb (used with object)
5. to enter (items) in a catalog; make a catalog of.
–verb (used without object)
6. to produce a catalog.
7. to have a specified price as listed in a catalog: This model catalogs for $49.95.
8. to offer merchandise in a mail-order catalog.
–adjective
9. of, pertaining to, or carrying on business through a mail-order catalog: catalog sales.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME cataloge < LL catalogus < Gk katálogos a register (akin to katalégein to count up), equiv. to kata- cata- + -logos reckoning


cat⋅a⋅log⋅ist, noun
cat⋅a⋅log⋅ic [kat-l-oj-ik] , cat⋅a⋅log⋅i⋅cal, cat⋅a⋅lo⋅gis⋅tic [kat-l-oh-jis-tik] , adjective


1, 3. roster, register, record. See list 1 .
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