therefor

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ðɛəˈfɔː/
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/ðɛəˈfɔː/ · /ðɛəɹˈfɔɹ/ · /ˈðɛəfɔː/ · /ˈðɛəɹfɔɹ/

Definition of therefor

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (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.”
    “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.”
    “If the action is adverse to the applicant law school, the action letter shall contain the Committee's specific reasons therefor.”
    “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.”
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adv

  1. (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.”
    “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.”
    “If the action is adverse to the applicant law school, the action letter shall contain the Committee's specific reasons therefor.”
    “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.”
  2. (alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of therefore.

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Etymology

Univerbation of there (“that”) + for.

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