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therefor

/ðɛəˈfɔː/US/ðɛəɹˈfɔɹ/

therefor adverb: for that; in return for that. Also the obsolete spelling of therefore.

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Adverb

therefor (not comparable)

  1. 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
    • 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

Also used as

therefor is also the obsolete spelling of therefore.

Origin of therefor

Univerbation of there (“that”) + for.

See therefore.

Words that rhyme with therefor

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Questions about therefor

What does therefor mean?
Therefor means for that; in return for that.
What part of speech is therefor?
Therefor is an adverb.
How do you pronounce therefor?
Therefor is pronounced /ðɛəˈfɔː/ (UK).

Words near therefor in the dictionary

  1. therebeyond
  2. thereby
  3. thereby hangs a tale
  4. thereckly
  5. theredown
  6. therefor
  7. therefore
  8. therefrom
  9. therehence
  10. therein
  11. therein lies the rub

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