What is a meaning of article?

Answer 1

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement., A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia., Subject; matter; concern; distinct., A distinct part., A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article., Precise point of time; moment., One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article., One of the segments of an articulated appendage., To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars., To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles., To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic., To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.