Dictionary entry

Ditto

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dit″to (?), n.; pl.Dittos (�). [It., detto, ditto, fr. L. dictum. See Dictum.] The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two “turned commas” (“), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition.

A spacious table in the center, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners. Dickens.