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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

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

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

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

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

There was something about the Chancellor that pleased me, and a kind of involuntary impulse took me on board, where I found the internal ar- rangements perfectly comfortable.

From The Survivors of the Chancellor by Verne, Jules