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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ditto \Dit"to\, n.; pl. {Dittos}. [It., detto, ditto, fr. L.
     dictum. See {Dictum}.]
     The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted
     to do., or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks. Used
     in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save
     repetition.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           A spacious table in the center, and a variety of
           smaller dittos in the corners.           --Dickens.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ditto \Dit"to\, adv.
     As before, or aforesaid; in the same manner; also.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ditto
       n : a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated
           [syn: {ditto mark}]
       v : repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her
           argument"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  178 Moby Thesaurus words for "ditto":
     Doppelganger, Photostat, Xerox, accord, act like, actual thing,
     affect, afresh, again, agree, agree in opinion, agree with, alike,
     amount to, anew, as is, assume, balance, bis, bob, borrow,
     break even, burden, carbon, carbon copy, chant, chime in with,
     chorus, clone, close with, coequal, coequally, coextensively,
     coincide, coincidentally, come again, come to, come up to, compeer,
     concur, conform to, congruently, copy, correspond, correspondently,
     correspondingly, coterminously, counterfeit, counterpart, crib,
     da capo, de novo, dead ringer, do, do a repeat, do again, do like,
     do over, double, draw, dupe, duplicate, duplication, echo, encore,
     equal, equally, equipollent, equivalent, even, even off,
     exact counterpart, facsimile, fake, fall in with, fellow, forge,
     from the beginning, geminate, go along with, go like, go with,
     hectograph, hoke, hoke up, homograph, homonym, homophone, ibid,
     ibidem, idem, identical same, identically, imitate, ingeminate,
     just the same, keep pace with, knot, like, likewise, make like,
     manifold, match, match up with, mate, measure up to, meet,
     microcopy, microfilm, mimeo, mimeograph, mirror, model, multigraph,
     multiply by two, no other, none other, once more, opposite number,
     over, over again, parallel, parrot, peer, plagiarize,
     quadruplicate, quote, reach, redo, redouble, reduplicate,
     reduplication, reecho, reflect, refrain, regurgitate, reincarnate,
     renew, repeat, repetend, repetition, replica, replicate,
     replication, representation, reproduce, reproduction, revive,
     ritornello, rival, run abreast, run to, same here, say again,
     selfsame, side with, simulate, spit and image, spitting image,
     stack up with, stat, strike in with, synonym, synonymously,
     the same, the same difference, the same way, tie, touch, trace,
     transcribe, triplicate, twice over, twin, two times, undersong,
     very image, very same
  
  

















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