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DP

1 American  
D/P 2 American  
  1. documents against payment.


d.p. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) with a proper direction.


D.P. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. data processing.

  2. displaced person.


DP 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. data processing

  2. displaced person

  3. (in South Africa) Democratic Party

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

D/P 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. documents against presentation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of d.p.

From Latin dīrēctiōne prōpriā

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