Dictionary
cat•a•log
Pronunciation: (kat'l-ôg", -og"), [key]—
n.
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. Cf.
card catalog, on-line catalog, union catalog.
4. any list or record:
a catalog of complaints.
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v.t.
to enter (items) in a catalog; make a catalog of.
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v.i.
1. to produce a catalog.
2. to have a specified price as listed in a catalog:
This model catalogs for $49.95.
3. to offer merchandise in a mail-order catalog.
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adj.
of, pertaining to, or carrying on business through a mail-order catalog:
catalog sales. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.