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Definition of Conto
1. Noun. 1 conto equals 1,000 escudos in Portugal.
Definition of Conto
1. a Portuguese money of account [n -TOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conto
Literary usage of Conto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Lorenzo de Medici, Called the Magnificent by William Roscoe, Thomas Roscoe (1847)
"... fate conto d' essere huomini, essendo garzoni, che così lo richiede lo stato
vostro & il caso presente, & sopra tutto attendete a quello, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Spanish Library and of the Portuguese Books Bequeathed by by George Ticknor, James Lyman Whitney (1879)
"Ms. notf by Mr. Ti — Retratos de autores españoles sacados en fac-simile Asia.
Barros, J. de, and conto, D. de. Asia. Dos feitos que os Portugueses ..."
3. Baccio Bandinelli and Art at the Medici Court: A Corpus of Early Modern Sources by Louis A. Waldman (2004)
"254:] Baccio scultore deve dare a dì 16 marzo per resto de altro conto tenuto
sin a dì 16 marzo per resto de altro conto tenuto sin in questo dì in questo ..."
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