PRO FORMA


Meaning of PRO FORMA in English

/proh fawr"meuh/

1. according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.

2. Com. provided in advance of shipment and merely showing the description and quantity of goods shipped without terms of payment: a pro forma invoice.

3. Accounting. indicating hypothetical financial figures based on previous business operations for estimate purposes: a pro forma balance sheet. Also, proforma (for defs. 2, 3).

[ 1565-75; pro forma ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .