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therefor en · ADV · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ðɛəˈfɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ðɛəɹˈfɔɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Univerbation of there (“that”) + for.

Meanings

1. (in law, not-comparable) For that; in return for that.
   • During the last fiscal year the Secretary purchased ... 54,355,748 ounces of silver and issued in payment therefor $51,106,608 in notes. 1892, Benjamin Harrison, Fourth State of the Union Address:
   • If the action is adverse to the applicant law school, the action letter shall contain the Committee's specific reasons therefor. 1997 August, “Rules of procedure for approval of law schools by the American Bar Association.”, in ABA Journal, volume 83, number 8, pages 117–128:
   • We emphasize that, contrary to repeated assertions in defendant's briefing, the trial court did not strike the true findings on those three prison term allegations, but struck only the punishment therefor, which was a statutorily permitted method of handling them. 2016, Elena J. Duarte, People v. Garner, 244 Cal. App. 4th 1113 (Cal. App. 3d Dist. 2016):
   • Welcoming people from all over the world, Honolulu has the glad heart behind the "glad hand," so to speak, when the welcomees give cause therefor, whether they come to teach, or to learn; to rest, or to work; to earn, or to spend. 1922, Paradise of the Pacific, volume 35:

Coordinates

wherefor · herefor

Translations (4)

bg относно това (for that) · de dafür (for that) · sv därför (for that) · tr bunun için (for that)

therefor en · ADV · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈðɛəɹfɔɹ/ (General-American)
• /ˈðɛəfɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

See therefore.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of therefore.
   alt of therefore

Relateds

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