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  pp

  abbreviation

  push-pull.
• PP
  PP

  abbreviation

  prepositional phrase.
• pp.
  pp.

  abbreviation

  pages.
• p.p.
  p.p.

  abbreviation

  parcel post.
• P.P.
  P.P.

  abbreviation

  parcel post.

pp

¹ American  

abbreviation

Radio.

1. push-pull.

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PP ² American  

abbreviation

1. prepositional phrase.

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pp. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. pages.

2. past participle.

3. pianissimo.

4. privately printed.

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p.p. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. parcel post.

2. past participle.

3. per person.

4. postpaid.

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P.P. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. parcel post.

2. parish priest.

3. past participle.

4. postpaid.

5. prepaid.

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pp ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. past participle

2. (in formal correspondence) per pro

3. privately printed

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symbol

1. music pianissimo: an instruction to play very quietly

pp ² British  

abbreviation

1. parcel post

2. prepaid

3. post-paid

4. (in prescriptions) post prandium

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PP ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Parish Priest

2. past President

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pp. ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. pages

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Usage

In formal correspondence, when Brenda Smith is signing on behalf of Peter Jones, she should write Peter Jones pp (or per pro ) Brenda Smith, not the other way about

Etymology

Origin of pp¹

(sense 2) Latin per procurationem: by delegation to

Origin of pp²

Latin: after a meal

Example Sentences

In the "Cartas de los PP. de la Compa��a de Jes�s" I find similar movements reported.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.

I, however, have never heard of such a practice. 21Cartas de los PP. de la Compa�ia de Jesus, 8, 1879.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.

Father Pastells in one of the "Cartas de los PP. de la Compa��a de Jes�s" cites an incident that happened to him in the house of Sel��gan on the upper S�lug in the year 1878.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.

Published by Hirschfeld in "Festschrift zum achtzigsten Geburtstag Moritz Steinschneiders," Leipzig, 1896, PP. 131-141; cf. also pp. 233-4.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac

S. Leone magno PP. et Marciano Imp. infelix Eutyches vnam tantum in Christo post incarnationem naturam asserens confutatur.

From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis