n. & v.
--n. (pl. -os)
1. (in accounts, inventories, lists, etc.) the aforesaid, the same.
Usage:
Often represented by '' under the word or sum to be repeated.
2 colloq. (replacing a word or phrase to avoid repetition) the same (came in late last night and ditto the night before).
3 a similar thing; a duplicate.
--v.tr. (-oes, -oed) repeat (another's action or words).
Phrases and idioms:
ditto marks inverted commas etc. representing 'ditto'. say ditto to colloq. agree with; endorse.
Etymology: It. dial. f. L dictus past part. of dicere say