ditto mark
Quotation mark's cousin
A ditto mark is the symbol (〃 or ") placed directly beneath a word or figure in a list or table to indicate repetition of the item above it.
Common in handwritten documents and older printed materials, ditto marks save space and reduce redundancy in columns of similar data: names, dates, quantities.
The practice has largely given way to copy-paste in digital contexts.
- quotationCited passage or price
- repeatDo or say again
- sameIdentical in nature
- duplicateExact replica of original
- ibidSame place, abbreviated
copy · exact copy · word for word · symbol · punctuation · shorthand · echo · likewise · aforementioned · replication · tick · checkmark · notation · transcription · ledger · bookkeeping · column · entry
ditto markquotation mark
Punctuation framing direct speech
ellipsis · caret · strikethrough · stet · asterisk
ditto markoriginal text
First unedited version
different · varied · changed · unlike · dissimilar
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