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• hp
  hp

  abbreviation

  horsepower.
• H.P.
  H.P.

  abbreviation

  high power.
• HP
  HP

  abbreviation

  hire-purchase

hp

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. horsepower.

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H.P. ² American  

Or h.p.,

abbreviation

1. Electricity. high power.

2. high pressure.

3. horsepower.

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HP British  

abbreviation

1. hire-purchase

2. horsepower

3. high pressure

4. (in Britain) Houses of Parliament

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They are now affixed to the back of a 53-foot-long vessel made by Scout Boats, generating a sea-boiling 2,400 hp.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Joshua Matthews, division director for Honda Marine, said its biggest outboard, which generates 350 hp, emphasizes fuel efficiency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Recreational outboard motors back then maxed out at 300 hp, and most were much smaller.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

The hybrid’s output is held to 219 hp and 163 lb-ft, pitted against a vehicle heavier by about 100 pounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

Zara’s watching Nate, who is bent over a 15 hp outboard motor that a customer dropped off for repair.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Starting in the 1930s, a few established small presses to preserve the pulp fictions of H.P.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

In his most famous work, “The Call of Cthulhu,” science fiction writer H.P.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2025

This haunted house is inspired by the horror fiction writer H.P.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2023

And with our epochal rains, some of these old bodies have risen to assert themselves again, which sounds like something out of H.P.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2023

"It was all over in ten minutes," writes Private H.P.

From The Irish at the Front by MacDonagh, Michael

The 61-year-old was named chief executive of PayPal earlier this year after decades at HP HPQ 2.90%increase; up pointing triangle and its predecessor company, Hewlett-Packard, which he played a key role in splitting up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

In 2015, Hewlett-Packard split itself in two: HP Inc. took the printer and personal-computer businesses, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise, or HPE, would sell software, servers and other services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

"I couldn't be happier to continue this journey with Scuderia Ferrari HP," he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

Dell Technologies jumped 11%, Microsoft gained 2.3%, and HP Inc. advanced 8.5% after Nvidia said it would work with those companies and three others to build laptops using the new chip.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

HP and Texas Instruments had their of fices on the back nine, along the tenth hole.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman