tanto

American  

[tahn-toh, tahn-taw] / ˈtɑn toʊ, ˈtɑn tɔ /

adverb

Music.

1. (of a musical direction) too much; so much.

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tanto British  

/ ˈtanto, ˈtæntəʊ /

adverb

1. too much See non troppo

   allegro ma non tanto

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Etymology

Origin of tanto

1875–80; Italian < Latin tantum so much

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Example Sentences

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tanto

Every one who understands life assurance sees that—bonus apart—the difference between an assurance office and a savings bank consists in the adoption, pro tanto, of the principle of community of goods.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by David Eugene Smith

Certainly if such was the intention the decision would pro tanto be in conflict with the practice of the British courts.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill

“Then all would laugh, and the jolly old lord would sing in his turn: “‘O charo servitor’,    Tu parli tanto bene, Ma il tuo parlar    A me non mi conviene.’

From Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series by Charles Godfrey Leland

As, moreover, the holder of every bank-note has an equal claim, pro tanto, on the bullion in the Bank coffers, the more gold there is in them, the more will his note represent.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 449 Volume 18, New Series, August 7, 1852 by Robert Chambers

This was to pay him—it was the one chance—for all imputations; the imputation in particular that, clever, tanto bello and not rich, the young man from London was—by the obvious way—pressing Miss Theale's fortune hard.

From The Wings of the Dove, Volume II by Henry James

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