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ng

1 American  
  1. nanogram; nanograms.


NG 2 American  
  1. Chemistry. nitroglycerin.

  2. Anatomy. nasogastric.


n.g. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. no good.


N.G. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. National Guard.

  2. New Guinea.

  3. no good.


NG 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. (in the US) National Guard

  2. New Guinea

  3. Also: ng.  no good

"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

ng 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Nigeria

"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

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Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas opted to raise its benchmark overnight reverse repurchase rate to 4.50% from 4.25%, breaking with the playbook adopted by most other central banks in Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Economic growth slowed to a more than four-year low in the third quarter, while inflation undershot the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’s 2025 inflation target of 2% to 4% for a ninth straight month in November.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas cut its benchmark overnight reverse repurchase rate by 25 basis points to 4.75% from 5.00% on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Depending on the diet, this leads to a daily intake per person of 12 to 1,296 ng for BTZ, or 0.06 to 2.6 ng for 6PPD.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024

If I was washing out clothes in the basin or sharpening the point on my homemade knife when the ants appeared, I stopped The Hidi ng Place at once to give them my full attention.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom