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Ar
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AR
ARabbreviationannual return.
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A/R
A/Raccount receivable.
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ar-
ar-variant of ad- before r: arrears.
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-ar
-arvariant of the adjective-forming suffix -al, joined to words in which an l precedes the suffix: circular; lunar; singular .
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ar.
ar.abbreviationarrival.
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a.r.
a.r.abbreviationall risks.
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A.R.
A.R.abbreviationannual return.
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Ar.
Ar.abbreviationArabia(n)
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ar
arabbreviationArgentina
Ar
1 Americanabbreviation
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account receivable.
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accounts receivable.
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arrival.
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arrive; arrives.
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annual return.
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Army Regulation; Army Regulations.
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Arkansas
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Autonomous Region
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Also: A/R. (in the US and Canada) accounts receivable
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Arabia(n)
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Also: Ar. Arabic
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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
Vocabulary lists containing ar
Example Sentences
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Among them are more than 160 prominent figures, including author Ayse Kulin and actress Mujde Ar.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
While most who patronize Ar de Rock don’t go to Mass, she added, some become curious enough to ask about worship times.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
The topic is heavy, but — in yet another surprise — this memoir about depression has been a best seller in Brazil, where it was originally published as “O Ar Que Me Falta,” in 2021.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
WNO youth opera, in its first live appearance in 18 months, will perform Ar Lan yr Môr and Tân Cerdd, as well as presenting a song composed for the event entitled Ymuno.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2021
He did not come up the course of the Ar like most people, but down, out of the forests of the higher mountainside.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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“Crazy, right? AR keeps calling me a vet,” James said, chuckling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Investigators searched the man’s home and found an “illegally modified AR platform rifle,” a pistol, magazines, ammunition and body armor, among other things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
This past week, a group of AR devotees gathered at the AWE USA conference in Long Beach, Calif. Everyone there is betting that augmented-reality glasses will eventually come out on top.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Critics question the merits of Snap’s decision to double down on AR spending, as well as some of the design and pricing choices made with this latest iteration of the glasses.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
It had all the bells and whistles like AR support and 5G capabilities.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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“Automate revenue and coding from clinical activity to reduce administrative overhead, avoid missing charges, reduce A/R days and increase total revenue,” the company’s website says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
"Money that stays too long in A/R is a disaster waiting to happen," Rohr says.
From Inc ● Feb. 19, 2010
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
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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
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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
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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
Nouns ending in -a, -e, -i, -y, -o, -l, -n, -t, -ar, -ur, -ŭs are Neuter.
From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett
Instead of the infinitive moods and plural numbers ending in -n as in Holland, the former end in -a, the latter in -ar.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
Some nouns of this decl. take -ar in the gen. sing., especially proper names, such as Hākon, gen.
From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Henry Sweet
Tree = arb‑o; suf. -ar denotes a collection of trees. 9To turn.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark
These end in the Nominative Singular in -e, -al, and -ar.
From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett
C–F, development of the spore fruit, × 300. ar. archicarp.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Douglas Houghton Campbell
Crest—"A lion's gamb couped ar., grasping a broken tilting lance, the spear end pendant gu."
From Dorothy Payne, Quakeress A Side-Light upon the Career of 'Dolly' Madison by Ella Kent Barnard
The position of ar. is also indicated in Figure 1.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
G, young sporogonium still surrounded by the much enlarged base of the archegonium. h, neck of the archegonium. ar. abortive archegonia, × 12.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Douglas Houghton Campbell
Sa. a lion ramp., ar. within a bordure engr. or.
From Notes and Queries, 1850.12.21 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by George Bell
Pay Roll. a.r. 1315-1383.—The pay roll is made out monthly in triplicate, one copy being retained and two copies being sent to the Quartermaster.
From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker
The movie, which has Hindi and English versions, has been scored by Oscar-winning composers Hans Zimmer and A.R.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Drawing on work by the scholar John Wood, Ms. Kimber proposes that Murry was not Mansfield’s most significant emotional and professional relationship; that claim properly belongs to a man called A.R.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
“Indeed, it has become clear to the State, through conversations with more than one person in contact with her, that A.R. is actively thwarting attempts to serve her to avoid coming to court,” Ahsens wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” had two nominations in the category for “O Saya” and “Jai Ho,” the latter of which won in 2009; both were performed by composer A.R.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
A.R. asks, "On what ground is the base song, 'The Owl is abroad' attributed to Henry Purcell?"
From Notes and Queries, 1850.12.21 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by George Bell
They found that Ar. ramidus still favored the kind of C3 plants that apes prefer, suggesting that it was still spending a lot of time in woodlands.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 12, 2012
A cow may be borne by some name, but at present I only recollect that of Vach: to which is accorded, Ar. three cows' heads erased sable.
From Notes and Queries, Number 231, April 1, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
Ar. wakaijaru, worthless, dirty, wakaijatti lihi, a worthless fellow.
From The Arawack Language of Guiana in its Linguistic and Ethnological Relations by Daniel Garrison Brinton
Ar. amÆrÏalÏbahr commander of the sea; Ar. amÆr is commander, al is the Ar. article, and amÆrÏal, heard in different titles, was taken as one word.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
Ar. barrak¾n a kind of black gown, perh. fr.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
"We decided to change it to Ty ar Gynnydd, which means 'house on the rise' because of its beautiful views, and we were now living in Wales for one last adventure."
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2022
The United Nations says millions of Afghans ar facing a second winter without enough to eat.
From Reuters ● Jul. 26, 2022
Un ddraig ar y crys, Jules Rimet yn dal i ddisgleirio.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2022
Cam Talbot made 28 saves to help the Wild extended ar franchise record with their 10th straight home win.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 24, 2021
The pianos plink along softly; it sounds as if a dozen are playing all ar once, as if the sound comes from every point of the compass.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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