Tempo \Tem"po\, n. [It., fr. L. tempus. See Tense, n.]

(Mus.) The rate or degree of movement in time.

A tempo giusto (j[=oo]s"t[-o]) [It.]

, in exact time; -- sometimes, directing a return to strict time after a tempo rubato.

Tempo rubato. See under Rubato.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)