pro bono

English

Etymology

Abbreviated from Latin pro bono publico (“for the public good”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /prəʊ ˈbəʊnəʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /proʊ ˈboʊnoʊ/
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Prepositional phrase

pro bono

(law, medicine) Without charging a free, done without fee, generally for clients or patients of limited means.
The firm currently has about half a dozen pro bono cases at any one time.

After he retired, he offered representation pro bono from time to time.

Translations

without fee

Dutch: pro deo
French: bénévolement (fr)
Hungarian: ingyen (hu), ingyenes (hu), jószolgálati (hu), pro bono (hu),
Persian: عام‌المنفعه ('âm-ol-manfa'e)

See also

pro Deo

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