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Nota bene is a Latin phrase meaning "Note Well," coming from notāre—to note.[1] It is in the singular imperative mood, instructing one individual to note well the matter at hand. (The pluralis form is notate bene.)
In present day English, it is used to draw the attention of the reader to a certain (side) aspect or detail of the subject on hand, translating it as "pay attention" or "take notice". It is often written in the abbreviated form: N.B.
Restaurants have used N.B. to denote customers who deserve extra attention, although V.I.P. has become the more favored notation for special customers in North America.
- Nota Bene is also the name of a suite of word-processing and related software, derived from XyWrite. A program that runs under Windows, it contains features aimed at an academic writing audience, including multilingual character sets, reference-managing tools, and textbase creation capability.
- Nota Bene is also the title given to a series of texts released by the Yale University Press.
References
- http://www.tfd.com/nota+bene in the Free Dictionary
- http://www.notabene.com/ Note Bene Software
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