Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
risk society
risk tolerance
riskless rate
Risorgimento
risotto
risqué
Riss
Risso’s dolphin
rissole
risus sardonicus
rit.
ritardando
rite
rite of passage
ritenuto
ritornello
ritual
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

ritz
ritz [ rits ]


noun 
Definition:
 
pretentious display: an extravagant or ostentatious display of something ( informal )

[Early 20th century. Back-formation <ritzy]

put on the ritz to make a show of wealth and extravagance (dated informal)
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft