P.R.

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. Roman people.

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P.R. ² American  

abbreviation

1. parliamentary report.

2. press release.

3. prize ring.

4. proportional representation.

5. public relations. Also p.r.

6. Puerto Rico.

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Pr ³ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. praseodymium.

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PR ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. payroll.

2. percentile rank.

3. public relations.

4. personal record.

5. Slang: Often Disparaging and Offensive. Puerto Rican.

6. Puerto Rico (approved especially for use with zip code).

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pr. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. pair; pairs.

2. paper.

3. power.

4. preference.

5. (of stock) preferred.

6. present.

7. price.

8. priest.

9. Computers. printer.

10. printing.

11. pronoun.

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Pr. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. (of stock) preferred.

2. Priest.

3. Prince.

4. Provençal. Also Pr

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pr ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. pair

2. paper

3. (in prescriptions) per rectum

4. power

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PR ² British  

abbreviation

1. proportional representation

2. public relations

3. Puerto Rico

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Pr. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Priest

2. Prince

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Pr ⁴ British  

symbol

1. praseodymium

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pr ⁵ British  

abbreviation

1. Puerto Rico

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Etymology

Origin of P.R.

From Latin populus Rōmānus

Example Sentences

Sometimes, there are half-baked attempts to claim they want men to control themselves, but that's more a P.R. move than a sincere effort.

From Salon

“If this motion passes,” Mandel added, “not only will we lose many Jewish and Israel-supporting members, but the negative P.R. that will result will be tremendous,” including potential harm to candidates that the union is endorsing for the Board of Education.

From Los Angeles Times

“An English publisher simply doesn’t have a P.R. strategy in France or Germany or the Netherlands,” Schumacher-Gebler said.

From New York Times

As Ken Sunshine, the veteran public relations consultant and longtime Democratic activist, put it in a phone interview: “Unlike so many, she didn’t play at politics. To her, social and political change was paramount. She was the antithesis of a phony Hollywood activist looking for good P.R. or a career boost. She was unique in a sea of pretenders.”

From New York Times

Harry’s lawyers also argued that the Mail article described the duke as having mobilized a “P.R. machine,” which they said “improperly and cynically tried to manipulate and confuse public opinion” about the security dispute.

From New York Times

Related Words

• attention
• clout
• commercial
• distribution
• fame
• hoopla
• hype
• noise
• notoriety
• propaganda