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• Ar
  Ar

  abbreviation

  Arabic.
• AR
  AR

  abbreviation

  annual return.
• A/R
  A/R

  account receivable.
• ar-
  ar-

  variant of ad- before r: arrears.
• -ar
  -ar

  variant of the adjective-forming suffix -al, joined to words in which an l precedes the suffix: circular; lunar; singular .
• ar.
  ar.

  abbreviation

  arrival.
• a.r.
  a.r.

  abbreviation

  all risks.
• A.R.
  A.R.

  abbreviation

  annual return.
• Ar.
  Ar.

  abbreviation

  Arabia(n)
• ar
  ar

  abbreviation

  Argentina

Ar

¹ American  

Or Ar.

abbreviation

1. Arabic.

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Ar ² American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. argon.

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AR ³ American  

abbreviation

1. annual return.

2. (loosely) AR-15.

3. Arkansas (approved especially for use with zip code).

4. Army Regulation.

   This regulation supersedes AR 600-20, dated 6 November 2014.

5. atmospheric river.

6. augmented reality.

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A/R ⁴ American  

Or a/r

1. account receivable.

2. accounts receivable.

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ar- ⁵ American  

1. variant of ad- before r: arrears.

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-ar ⁶ American  

1. variant of the adjective-forming suffix -al, joined to words in which an l precedes the suffix: circular; lunar; singular .

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-ar ⁷ American  

1. variant of -er, often under the influence of a spelling with -ar- in a cognate Latin noun.

   burglar; cellar; collar; mortar; poplar; scholar; vicar; vinegar.

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-ar ⁸ American  

1. variant of -er on the model of -ar, used in the formation of nouns of agency: liar; beggar .

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ar. ⁹ American  

abbreviation

1. arrival.

2. arrive; arrives.

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a.r. ¹⁰ American  

abbreviation

1. Insurance. all risks.

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A.R. ¹¹ American  

abbreviation

1. annual return.

2. Army Regulation; Army Regulations.

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AR ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Arkansas

2. Autonomous Region

3. Also: A/R.  (in the US and Canada) accounts receivable

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Ar. ² British  

abbreviation

1. Arabia(n)

2. Also: Ar.  Arabic

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-ar ³ British  

suffix

1. of; belonging to; like

   linear

   polar

   minuscular

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Ar ⁴ British  

symbol

1. argon

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a.r. ⁵ British  

abbreviation

1. anno regni

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ar ⁶ British  

abbreviation

1. Argentina

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Usage

What else does AR mean? AR can stand for hundreds of things, but here are three of the big ones: augmented reality, alternate reality, and ArmaLite rifle. How do you pronounce AR?[ ey-ahr ]

Etymology

Origin of -ar

< Latin -āris; replacing Middle English -er < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin -āris

Example Sentences

Salesmen for the  GSCI and  other commodity indexes ar- gued  that  their products were an  important way to diversify in- vestment  portfolios.

From MSNBC • Jun. 4, 2014

Starting in fall 1793, British troops began ar- riving in Saint Domingue to reenslave people and return them to their sugar plantations.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

Rolling end over end in a flash flood in a big ar- royo.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

And I, Sam Gribley, felt just wonderful, just wonder- I pushed the raft down the stream and gathered ar- rowleaf bulbs, cattail tubers, bulrush roots, and the nutlike tubers of the sedges.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

It appears as a-, ab-, ac-, ad-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, as in achieve, abbreviate, accede, admire, affix, aggregate, allot, annex, approve, arrive, assign, attract.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various