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pro forma
[ proh fawr-muh ]
adjective
- according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.
- Commerce. provided in advance of shipment and merely showing the description and quantity of goods shipped without terms of payment:
a pro forma invoice.
- Accounting. indicating hypothetical financial figures based on previous business operations for estimate purposes:
a pro forma balance sheet.
adverb
- as a matter of form:
Many of the school assignments appear to be done pro forma.
noun
- a pro forma document.
pro forma
/ ˈprəʊ ˈfɔːmə /
adjective
- prescribing a set form or procedure
adverb
- performed in a set manner
pro forma
- Doing something pro forma means satisfying only the minimum requirements of a task and doing it in a perfunctory way: “Her welcoming address was strictly pro forma: you could tell that her mind was a million miles away.” From Latin , meaning “by form.”
Word History and Origins
Origin of pro forma1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pro forma1
Example Sentences
Forbes reports that it will sport “an implied pro forma enterprise value of $630 million, net of tax benefits,” after its completion.
The pro forma results are also inclusive of a private placement, and its recent acquisition of Tock.
The House held a moment of silence to remember Wright on Monday after convening for a brief pro forma session.
Normal procedure is that any member country can request that a document be circulated, and the UN does it pro-forma.
As pro forma as the personal stuff is, Tyrant still could've been a compelling show—if it got the political stuff right.
But as a matter of law, these tax-exempt organizations do maintain a pro-forma nonpartisan posture.
The Senate had, in fact, been in pro forma session when Obama issued his fiat that the body was in recess.
The objections to quantitative easing were generally pro forma and not particularly articulate.
It was read a first time in that house pro forma, and the second reading was fixed for the 17th of July.
The bill was read a second time pro forma on the 13th of July, and the motion to commit it was made on the 21st.
This would have been done before except that Mr. Vanderpool expected Judge Bedford to sit and make it pro forma.
He believed with conviction a great deal that Erasmus accepted merely pro forma.
Even when returning from Lugano it was made to stop at the customs-house simply pro forma.
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