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Definition of Tanto
1. Noun. A common type of Japanese dagger or knife. (alternative spelling of tant?) ¹
2. Adverb. (music) So much; too much. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tanto
1. so much -- used as a musical direction [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tanto
Literary usage of Tanto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... and as indirect as customs,duties^ The heavy license fees charged by many
municipalities for doing certain classes of business are pro tanto an increase ..."
2. A Key to the Exercises in Ollendorff's New Method of Learning to Read, Write by Mariano Velázquez de la Cadena, Theodore Simonné, Heinrich Gottfried Ollendorff (1848)
"Bebe V. tanto café como vino ?—Yo bebo ménos de este que de aquel. ... Bebe el
Polaco tanto como el Ruso ?—El bebe precisamente tanto. ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, James William Mylne, Richard Davis Craig, Charles Christopher Pepys Cottenham (1848)
"... shews that, if, in that case, the smaller gift had been considered a satisfaction
at all, it would have been held to be a satisfaction pro tanto only. ..."
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