Definitions for PRO BONOˌproʊ ˈboʊ noʊ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pro bo•noˌproʊ ˈboʊ noʊ(adj.)

or pro-bo•no

  1. done or donated without charge; free:

    pro bono legal services.

    Category: Law, Foreign Term

Origin of pro bono:

1720–30; < L: for (the) good, rightly, morally

Princeton's WordNet

  1. pro bono(adj)

    done for the public good without compensation

Wiktionary

  1. pro bono(Adverb)

    In a manner without fee.

  2. pro bono(Adjective)

    done without fee, generally for clients of humble means

  3. Origin: Abbreviated from pro bono publico for the public good.


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