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pro- English-Spanish

pro(-)

pro English-Spanish

profesional

pro rata English-Spanish

a prorrata

pro Spanish-English

advantage

PRO British & World English

Public Record Office

pro1 British & World English

a professional, especially in sport

pro2 British & World English

an advantage or argument in favour of something

pro English-French

pro mf

pro English-German

das Pro und Kontra

pro English-Italian

professionista mf

pro-1 British & World English

favouring; supporting

pro-2 British & World English

before in time, place, order, etc.

pro-am British & World English

(of a sports event) involving both professionals and amateurs

pro-ana British & World English

(of a website) encouraging or advocating anorexia

pro Deo British & World English

with legal costs paid by the state at the instruction of the court

pro tem British & World English

for the time being

per pro. British & World English

per procurationem (used when signing a letter on behalf of someone else; now usually abbreviated to pp)

pro-form British & World English

a word or lexical unit which is dependent for its meaning on reference to some other part of the context, for example a pronoun or the verb do in she likes chocolate and so do I

pro forma British & World English

done or produced as a matter of form

pro-life British & World English

opposing abortion and euthanasia

pro shop British & World English

a retail outlet at a golf club, typically run by the resident professional, where golfing equipment can be purchased or repaired

pro tanto British & World English

to such an extent; to that extent

semi-pro British & World English

short for semi-professional.

pro-life English-French

contre l'avortement

pro-life English-German

Lebensschutz-

pro-lifer English-German

Verfechter, Verfechterin,

pro-life English-Italian

antiabortista

pro rata English-Italian

on a pro rata basis

pro loco Italian-English

tourist officein small towns

pro-choice British & World English

advocating the legal right of a woman to choose whether or not she will have an abortion

pro-family British & World English

promoting family life and traditional moral values

pro-nuncio British & World English

a papal ambassador to a country that does not accord the Pope’s ambassador automatic precedence over other ambassadors

pro-abortion British & World English

in favour of the availability of medically induced abortion

pro-democracy British & World English

denoting or relating to political activism directed towards the establishment of democratic government in a country

pro-European British & World English

favouring or supporting closer links with the European Union

pro hac vice British & World English

for or on this occasion only

quid pro quo British & World English

a favour or advantage granted in return for something

quid pro quo English-Italian

contraccambio m

pars pro toto British & World English

a part or aspect of something taken as representative of the whole

president pro tempore (also president pro tem) British & World English

a high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president