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list·ing

1[lis-ting]
noun
1.
a list; record; catalog.
2.
the act of compiling a list.
3.
something listed or included in a list: a listing in the telephone directory.

Origin:
1635–45; list1 + -ing1

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list·ing

2[lis-ting]
noun
material, as bark or sapwood, that is trimmed from a board.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see list2, -ing1

list

1[list]
noun
1.
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record: a list of members.
3.
Computers. a series of records in a file.
4.
a complete record of stocks handled by a stock exchange.
5.
all of the books of a publisher that are available for sale.
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6.
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verb (used with object)
7.
to set down together in a list; make a list of: to list the membership of a club.
8.
to enter in a list, directory, catalog, etc.: to list him among the members.
9.
to place on a list of persons to be watched, excluded, restricted, etc.
10.
Computers. to print or display in a list: Let's list the whole program and see where the bug is.
11.
to register (a security) on a stock exchange so that it may be traded there.
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12.
Archaic. enlist.
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verb (used without object)
13.
to be offered for sale, as in a catalog, at a specified price: This radio lists at $49.95.
14.
Archaic. enlist.

Origin:
1595–1605; special use of list2 (roll of names, perhaps orig. of contestants in the lists); compare French liste < Italian lista roll of names, earlier, band, strip (e.g., of paper), border < Old High German (German Leiste)


1. register. List, catalog, inventory, roll, schedule imply a definite arrangement of items. List denotes a series of names, items, or figures arranged in a row or rows: a list of groceries. Catalog adds the idea of alphabetical or other orderly arrangement, and, often, descriptive particulars and details: a library catalog. An inventory is a detailed descriptive list of property, stock, goods, or the like made for legal or business purposes: a store inventory. A roll is a list of names of members of some defined group often used to ascertain their presence or absence: a class roll. A schedule is a methodical (especially official) list, often indicating the time or sequence of certain events: a train schedule. 7. record, catalog. 8. enroll.

list

2[list]
noun
1.
a border or bordering strip, usually of cloth.
2.
a selvage.
3.
selvages collectively.
4.
a strip of cloth or other material.
5.
a strip or band of any kind.
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6.
a stripe of color.
7.
a division of the hair or beard.
8.
one of the ridges or furrows of earth made by a lister.
9.
a strip of material, as bark or sapwood, to be trimmed from a board.
10.
fillet (def. 6a).
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adjective
11.
made of selvages or strips of cloth.
verb (used with object)
12.
to produce furrows and ridges on (land) with a lister.
13.
to prepare (ground) for planting by making ridges and furrows.
14.
to cut away a narrow strip of wood from the edge of (a stave, plank, etc.).
15.
Obsolete. to apply a border or edge to.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English lista, Old English līst border; cognate with Dutch lijst, German Leiste (Old High German līsta)

list

3[list]
noun
1.
a careening, or leaning to one side, as of a ship.
verb (used without object)
2.
(of a ship or boat) to incline to one side; careen: The ship listed to starboard.
verb (used with object)
3.
to cause (a vessel) to incline to one side: The shifting of the cargo listed the ship to starboard.

Origin:
1620–30; origin uncertain


2, 3. tilt, slant, heel.

list

4[list] Archaic.
verb (used with object)
1.
to please.
2.
to like or desire.
verb (used without object)
3.
to like; wish; choose.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English listen, lusten, Old English (ge)lystan to please; cognate with German gelüsten, Old Norse lysta to desire, akin to Gothic lustōn to desire. See lust

list

5[list] Archaic.
verb (used without object)
1.
to listen.
verb (used with object)
2.
to listen to.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English listen, Old English hlystan to listen, hear, derivative of hlyst ear; cognate with Swedish lysta; akin to Old Norse hlusta to listen. See listen
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listing (ˈlɪstɪŋ)
 
n
1.  a list or an entry in a list
2.  computing a printed copy of a program or file in a form that can be read by humans
3.  a place on the Official List of Securities of the London Stock Exchange obtained by a company that has fulfilled the listing requirements and whose shares are quoted on the main market
4.  (plural) lists of concerts, films, and other events printed in newspapers or magazines, showing details, such as times and venues

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list
"hear, hearken," now poetic or obsolete, from O.E. hlystan "hear, hearken," from hlyst "hearing," from P.Gmc. *khlustiz, from PIE *kleu- "to hear" (see listen).
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