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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 quincunx. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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pro bono
short for M.L. pro bono publico "for the public good" (1726).
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