listing

noun

list·​ing ˈli-stiŋ 

1

: an act or instance of making or including in a list

2

: something that is listed

Synonyms

• canon
• catalog
• catalogue
• checklist
• list
• menu
• register
• registry
• roll
• roll call
• roster
• schedule
• table

Examples of listing in a Sentence

an alphabetical listing of all of the students currently enrolled in the school

Recent Examples on the Web

This is a listing for 'This Week' airing Sunday, February 23, 2025. 1:15 This Week with George Stephanopoulos ABC News HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM AND SEN. —ABC News, 21 Feb. 2025

If your nonprofit would like to submit an event listing or photos of events that have happened recently, please email [e-mail]. —Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025

Now is the time to plan your club-hopping in the South Beach of 1993: Club listings First published Dec. 31, 1993 Friday: Promise or threat, there’s tons o’ club action tonight. —Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025

The book ends with monster listings grouped by habitat, monster type and Challenge Rating. Dungeons And Dragons 2024 Monster Manual Impressions The biggest strengths of the 2024 Player’s Handbook and 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide were their organization. —Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1659, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for listing

• misting
• twisting
• assisting
• blacklisting
• consisting
• delisting
• enlisting
• existing
• insisting
• persisting
• resisting
• subsisting

Kids Definition

listing

noun

list·​ing

1

: list entry 4

2

: something listed

Legal Definition

listing

noun

list·​ing

1

: an arrangement, agreement, or contract for the marketing of real property through one or more real estate agents usually for a specific period

called also listing agreement

— exclusive agency listing

: a listing under which only one agent may sell the property but without the right to a commission if the owner sells it directly

Note: An agent is usually still entitled to a commission if the owner sells directly to a buyer found by the agent, even if the sale occurs after the agreement expires.

— exclusive right to sell listing

: a listing under which only one agent may sell the property and is entitled to a commission if the owner sells it directly to any party

— multiple listing

: an agreement or arrangement under which real property is marketed through a service or association composed of several agents with a commission from the sale of a property shared between the selling agent and the agent that initiates the listing of it

— net listing

: a listing under which the agent that sells a property retains as compensation the amount of the selling price that exceeds a specified sum

— open listing

: a listing that does not preclude the use of multiple agents or a direct sale by the owner with no commission paid to an agent

called also nonexclusive listing

2

a

: a record of a property or properties available through a real estate agent

b

: a property listed in such a record