WPA


abbreviation
  1. Work Projects Administration: the former federal agency (1935–43) charged with instituting and administering public works in order to relieve national unemployment.

Origin of WPA

1
First recorded in 1935
  • Originally Works Prog·ress Ad·min·i·stra·tion .

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WPA

abbreviation for(in the US)
  1. Work Projects Administration or Works Progress Administration

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