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pro bono

[proh boh-noh] Origin

pro bo·no

[proh boh-noh]
noun
done or donated without charge; free: pro bono legal services.
Also, pro-bon·o.


Origin:
1720–30; < Latin prō bonō for (the) good, rightly, morally
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Pro Bono is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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pro bono
short for M.L. pro bono publico "for the public good" (1726).
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