noun

1. one of the sections or items of a written document, as of a constitution, treaty, contract, etc.
2. the parts of a formal declaration, or of a body of rules, beliefs, etc., considered as a whole
3. a complete piece of writing, as a report or essay, that is part of a newspaper, magazine, or book
4. a thing of a certain kind; separate item an article of luggage
5. a thing for sale; commodity
6. Gram. any one of the words a, an, or the (and their equivalents in other languages), used as adjectives: a and an are the indefinite articles and the is the definite article

Etymology: ME & OFr < L articulus, dim. of artus, a joint: see art

transitive verb articled -·cled, articling -·cling

1. Archaic to set forth (charges) in an indictment
2. to bind by the articles of an agreement or contract an articled apprentice