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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From The Wall Street Journal

There is, as they say, another option: The Golf R. Starting at $49,455, the R packages a multi-mode all-wheel drive drivetrain with a mercilessly tuned version of the EA888 inline-four, producing 328 hp at 5,850 rpm and 295 lb-ft at 2,000 rpm.

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From Barron's

Competing personal systems maker HP Inc. said when reporting fiscal first-quarter financials on Tuesday that it expects earnings for the fiscal year to come in at the lower end of guidance due to rising memory costs.

From Barron's

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

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