abono

abono is masculine in Spanish.

subscription; season ticket; payment, installment; guarantee, security

“BT Vision, como se llama el nuevo servicio, ofrece también cuarenta canales de TV gratuitos sin que el cliente tenga que pagar abono mensual alguno.” — BT Vision, as the new service is called, also offers forty free TV channels without the customer having to pay any monthly subscription.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- French a- Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-? Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn? Proto-Celtic *bonniccabor. Medieval Latin bodina Old French bontie French borne French abonnerbor. Spanish abonardeverb. Spanish abono Deverbal from abonar (“to vouch for, subscribe”).

abono is masculine in Spanish.

compost, fertilizer, manure

“2002, Clara Inés Ríos Katto, Guía para el cultivo y aprovechamiento del botón de oro: Tithoni diversifolia (Hemsl.) Gray, Concenio Andrés Bello, page 22. En campos de cultivos de arroz por inundación, los agricultores cosechan el botón de oro[. L]o incorporan al suelo como abono verde y mejorador de suelos.” — In rice paddies watered by flooding, farmers harvest buttercups. They incorporate it into the soil as a green fertilizer and soil improver.

Related: abono orgánico

From the prefix a- + a derivative of Latin bonus (“good”) (compare bueno).