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cat·a·log
or cat·a·logue (kăt'l-ôg', -ŏg') 
n.
v., -loged, or -logued, -log·ing, or -logu·ing, -logs, or -logues. v.tr.
n.
- A list or itemized display, as of titles, course offerings, or articles for exhibition or sale, usually including descriptive information or illustrations.
- A publication, such as a book or pamphlet, containing such a list or display: a catalog of fall fashions; a seed catalog.
- A list or enumeration: "the long catalogue of his concerns: unemployment, housing, race, drugs, the decay of the inner city, the environment and family life" (Anthony Holden).
- A card catalog.
v., -loged, or -logued, -log·ing, or -logu·ing, -logs, or -logues. v.tr.
- To make an itemized list of: catalog a record collection.
- To list or include in a catalog.
- To classify (a book or publication, for example) according to a categorical system.
- To make a catalog.
- To be listed in a catalog: an item that catalogs for 200 dollars.
[Middle English cathaloge, list, register, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos, from katalegein, to list : kata-, down, off; see cata- + legein, to count.]
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A directory of disk files or files used in an application. Also any map, list or directory of storage space used by the computer.
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catalog
List of items available for purchase, with the description and price of each item. Usually, a bind-in order form is included with the catalog. Toll-free telephone numbers are frequently given for ease of phone-in orders. Catalogs are normally mailed Third class.
There are many types of catalogs. Some industries are dominated by catalogs-for example, more than 50% of gardening-supply sales are made through catalogs. Catalogs are also widely used for industrial and office supplies, such as computer accessories, stationery, and educational services. Some industrial catalogs are intended for use by sales representatives and contain a complete listing of all products sold by that company. This type of catalog does not have strong promotional copy or design relative to consumer catalogs. Some catalog houses go to great lengths to attractively present their goods, using elaborate photographic techniques and settings.
Retailers such as department stores are getting into the catalog business because it enables them to reach a larger market and to sell without the overhead costs of a store. In addition, store credit cardholders are an inexpensive source of individuals to whom mailings can be sent. Some retail outlets sell exclusively from catalogs without keeping any inventory on site.
The life of a catalog varies, depending upon the seasonality of the items sold. Christmas card and seed catalogs have a shorter life than stationery or jewelry catalogs.
See also catalog order form; catalog request; electronic catalog.
Barron's Accounting Dictionary:
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catalog
Directory of file locations.
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catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. The library at Pergamum also had a catalog. Early in the 9th cent. A.D. the catalogs of the libraries of the monastery at Reichenau and of the abbey at Saint-Riquier, N France, included summaries of the works cataloged. In 1472 the monastic library at Clairvaux was recataloged and one of the earliest union catalogs was made-of the contents of 160 Franciscan monastery libraries in England. In 1475 the Vatican librarian, Platina, cataloged that library's 2,527 volumes. About 1660 Clement, librarian of the Bibliothèque du Roi under Louis XIV, compiled a subject catalog and inventory of manuscripts. The printing of the British Museum catalog was begun by Panizzi as keeper (1837-56) of printed books. Charles A. Cutter devised the modern dictionary catalog (with author, title, and subject arranged in one alphabet) for the Boston Athenæum library. Melvil Dewey devised his decimal system in the 1870s; the system was widely applied in smaller libraries and many large ones. In 1901 the Library of Congress began the practice of printing its catalog entries on cards 3 by 5 in. (7.6 by 12.7 cm) and distributing them to other libraries for a small fee. The National Union Catalogue, begun in 1952 by the Library of Congress, collated the card catalog entries of the larger American libraries and printed the results in book form. The advent of the computer has dramatically expanded the ability of libraries to provide extensive bibliographic services. By consulting an electronic catalog, such as the WorldCat of the OCLC Online Computer Library Center, a person can access more than 35 million catalog records in some 25,000 libraries around the world.
Bibliography
See M. Gorman and P. Winkler, ed., Anglo American Cataloguing Rules (1988); S. L. Hopkinson, Descriptive Cataloging of Library Materials (1977).
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IN BRIEF: A card file giving a complete list of things in a collection. Also: A book or paper listing all the things for sale or on display.
The art collectors looked carefully through the catalog before they made their purchase.
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categories related to 'catalog'
- Publications - catalog: comprehensive descriptive listing, esp. of articles for sale or college courses
- Commerce and Trade - catalog: published booklet containing list of items for sale and prices, often with pictures
- Advertising - catalog: illustrated booklet listing available products
- Order, Hierarchy, and Systems - catalog: list, register of items arranged systematically
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - katalog, liste, opregning
v. tr. - katalogisere
v. intr. - stå til en pris af
Français (French)
n. - catalogue, une série de, (US, Univ) brochure universitaire
v. tr. - cataloguer, dresser un catalogue de
v. intr. - cataloguer, dresser un catalogue de
Deutsch (German)
n. - Katalog
v. - katalogisieren
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κατάλογος, λίστα, κατάσταση, πίνακας
v. - εντάσσω σε κατάλογο, συγκαταλέγω
idioms:
- back catalogue αναδρομικός κατάλογος
Italiano (Italian)
catalogare, catalogo
Português (Portuguese)
n. - catálogo (m)
v. - catalogar
Русский (Russian)
вносить в каталог, каталог
Español (Spanish)
n. - catálogo
v. tr. - catalogar
v. intr. - catalogarse, hacer un catálogo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - katalog, lista
v. - katalogisera
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
目录, 总目, 编入目录, 编目录, 按确定价格收入目录
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 目錄, 總目
v. tr. - 編入目錄
v. intr. - 編目錄, 按確定價格收入目錄
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 목록, 요람
v. tr. - 목록을 만들다, 분류하다
v. intr. - 목록을 작성하다, 분류하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - カタログ, 大学案内
v. - 目録を作る, 目録に載せる
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - קטלוג, רשימה של עצמים מאותו סוג, רשימת ספרים ופרטיהם
v. tr. - קטלג
v. intr. - רשם בקטלוג
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