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pc

1 American  
  1. picocurie; picocuries.


PC 2 American  
pc. 3 American  

abbreviation

plural

pcs
  1. piece.

  2. prices.


P/C 4 American  
Or p/c

abbreviation

  1. petty cash.

  2. price current.


p.c. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) after eating; after meals.


p.c. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. percent.

  2. petty cash.

  3. postal card.

  4. price current.

  5. printed circuit.


P.C. 7 American  

abbreviation

  1. Past Commander.

  2. British. Police Constable.

  3. politically correct.

  4. Post Commander.

  5. British. Prince Consort.

  6. British. Privy Council.

  7. professional corporation.


pc 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. per cent

  2. postcard

  3. obsolete (in prescriptions) post cibum

  4. parsec

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PC 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. personal computer

  2. Parish Council(lor)

  3. Past Commander

  4. (in Britain and Canada) Police Constable

  5. politically correct

  6. Prince Consort

  7. (in Britain and Canada) Privy Council(lor)

  8. (in Canada) Progressive Conservative

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P/C 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. petty cash

  2. price current

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p.c. Cultural  
  1. An abbreviation for “p olitically c orrect.” It refers to social, political, and educational changes designed to redress historical injustices in areas such as race, gender, ethnic background, and sexual orientation: “Haven't you read the latest directive on p.c. language? Please refer to our colleagues as ‘women,’ not ‘ladies’ or ‘girls.’” The phrase and abbreviation, which also appears as PC, both debuted in the late twentieth century.


PC Idioms  
  1. Also, p.c. An abbreviation for politically correct.


Etymology

Origin of p.c.

From Latin post cibōs

Example Sentences

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Addressing the alleged assault in Leicestershire weeks before the attacks, James Berry KC, representing the chief constable, said there was an outstanding misconduct process in respect of PC Libbie-Mae Taylor, PC Connor Amos-Perkins and Sgt Mark Read.

From BBC

PC Amos-Perkins, the inquiry heard, accepts he made an operational error while investigating the incident.

From BBC

The inquiry heard PC Taylor had not saved bodyworn footage of police attendance to the warehouse Calocane was working in.

From BBC

PC Amos-Perkins, Taylor's tutor, did not direct them to do so or check that they did, the inquiry was told.

From BBC

In addition, PC Taylor did not search on the police database for Calocane's offending history and outstanding criminal matters.

From BBC