name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A reinforcement (additional soldiers). Australia, World-War-I, informal
2. 2
   A re-entry (climbing a wave and then returning down its face). Australia, informal
3. 3
   Steel used to reinforce concrete. Australia, informal, uncountable
4. 4
   Initialism of real estate owned (“property owned by a lender”). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from Italian.

Synonyms

All synonyms

real estate owned

Etymology

Etymology 1

From re(inforcement) + -o.

Etymology 2

From re(-entry) + -o.

Etymology 3

From re(inforcing) + -o.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Italian Reo.

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