RC

American  

Or R.C.

abbreviation

1. radio control.

2. Red Cross.

3. remote control.

4. Reserve Component: military units whose members serve part-time, as the Army National Guard or the Coast Guard Reserve.

5. Roman Catholic.

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RC ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Red Cross

2. Reserve Corps

3. Also: R.C..  Roman Catholic

4. China (international car registration)

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rc ² British  

abbreviation

1. reinforced concrete

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Etymology

Origin of RC

(sense 4) from R(epublic of) C(hina)

Example Sentences

While Cohen’s RC Ventures owns 8.3% of GameStop shares, according to FactSet data, he won’t be participating in that vote “so that GameStop’s other stockholders have the opportunity to determine the outcome.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

Rivkin, a self-proclaimed RC “nerd,” received his first RC car on his 9th birthday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025

Ryan Cavalieri, a top-25 globally ranked RC driver, is a 38-year-old Huntington Beach native who grew up going to the since-shuttered SoCal RC Raceway with his father, now his pit crew chief.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025

After that, he began regularly commuting from his family’s home in South Carolina to the nearest RC track in Savannah, Ga.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025

Everybody put coins in the jukebox and drank RC Cola, but the profits never amounted to much.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot