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Pro Forma
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What does Pro Forma mean?
adjective
- Occurring, undertaken, or performed as a perfunctory matter, in the interest of form, or for the sake of formality.
- Of or relating to a document of form, especially an invoice sent in advance.
- Showing projected costs, liabilities, etc., especially as a result of an expected action or situation. (of a financial document)
More meanings (2)
adverb
- Undertaken or performed as a perfunctory matter, in the interest of form, or for the sake of politeness.
noun
- A document that shows the standard entries of a form or similar document.
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It is pleasing to our sense of what is fitting in these matters, in either case, to recognize in the obvious perfunctoriness of the service that it is a pro forma execution only.