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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian a conto.[1][2] First attested in 1814.[3][4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈkɔn.tɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɔntɔ
- Syllabification: a‧kon‧to
Noun
akonto n
- (finance, literary) advance payment (advance paid for a receivable)
- Synonyms: (archaic) awans, zadatek, zaliczka
Declension
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “akonto”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “akonto”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Gazeta Warszawska, number 31, 1814, page 535
- ^ akonto in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Italian acconto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akǒnto/
- Hyphenation: a‧kon‧to
Adverb
akònto (Cyrillic spelling ако̀нто)
- on account of
- in advance
- (regional) regarding
- (regional) thanks to