If you pay for something pro-forma, what does it acutally mean?
2006-11-05 23:36:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
it means you pay for something before you actually get the goods... usually happen if you are a new customer..
Just done a proforma lol x *iv explained... what a proforma is in, when using it in business *
thats what wikipedia says it is...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proforma
2006-11-05 23:39:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pro Forma Payment Definition
2016-12-10 18:57:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pro-forma usually means "as a matter of form."
A pro forma invoice means provided in advance of shipment and merely showing the description and quantity of goods shipped without terms of payment. If you then pay, you are paying pro forma.
2006-11-05 23:41:09 · answer #3 · answered by Serendipity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. According to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.
2. Commerce. 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.
2006-11-06 00:30:11 · answer #4 · answered by Motti _Shish 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Pro forma" (latin) means "in the form of" or "in the shape of", usually tied to the word "invoice". Sometimes companies advertising their goods/services will design their material so it looks like an invoice in an attempt to get the receiver to buy their product by returning the "invoice" to the company thinking "i don't remember ordering this but I must've if the company is invoicing me, I guess I'd better pay it". Companies are not specifically prohibited from this sort of ad campaign, but they are required by law to clearly label their "invoice" with the words "PRO FORMA INVOICE".
2006-11-06 01:37:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitions of 'pro forma' - 2 definitions - WordNet
pro forma (adj.) as a formality only : "a one-candidate pro forma election"
pro forma (adv.) in a set manner without serious attention : "they answered my letter pro forma"
Basically you paid in advance of invoice or goods
2006-11-05 23:41:12 · answer #6 · answered by heleneaustin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
before the actual invoice.
it means there is a contract, but it is not possible at that point of time to finalise it, so pro-forma is like paying in advance.
Overseas transactions are often done this way while waiting for the official paperwork
2006-11-05 23:39:13 · answer #7 · answered by Ruthie Baby 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
An invoice before the actual invoice
2006-11-06 00:10:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically it means in advance or beforehand xx
2006-11-05 23:39:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋