/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 ]