appalto

See also: appaltò

English

Etymology

From Italian appalto.

Noun

appalto (plural appaltos or appalti)

1. A contract to assume another party's obligation to supply a product or service.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apˈpal.to/
• Rhymes: -alto
• Hyphenation: ap‧pàl‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin appaltum, perhaps a corruption of Latin ad pactum (“by contract”).

Noun

appalto m (plural appalti)

1. contract (formal written agreement to assume another party's obligation to supply a product or service)

Derived terms

• appaltabile
• appaltatore

Etymology 2

Verb

appalto

1. first-person singular present indicative of appaltare

Anagrams

• lappato, palpato