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/

• Audio (US):

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Prepositional phrase

pro bono

1. (law, medicine) Without charging a fee, 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.

Usage notes

• Typically set in italics.

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