Pr
praseodymium.
Pr
1 AmericanSymbol, Chemistry.
PR
2
American
abbreviation
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payroll.
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percentile rank.
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public relations.
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personal record.
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Slang: Often Disparaging and Offensive. Puerto Rican.
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Puerto Rico (approved especially for use with zip code).
pr.
3
American
abbreviation
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pair; pairs.
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paper.
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power.
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preference.
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(of stock) preferred.
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present.
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price.
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priest.
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Computers. printer.
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printing.
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pronoun.
Pr.
4
American
abbreviation
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(of stock) preferred.
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Priest.
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Prince.
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Provençal. Also Pr
P.R.
5
American
abbreviation
P.R.
6
American
abbreviation
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parliamentary report.
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press release.
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prize ring.
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proportional representation.
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public relations. Also p.r.
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Puerto Rico.
pr
1
British
abbreviation
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pair
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paper
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(in prescriptions) per rectum
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power
PR
2
British
abbreviation
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proportional representation
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public relations
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Puerto Rico
Pr.
3
British
abbreviation
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Priest
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Prince
Pr
4
British
symbol
pr
5
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of P.R.
From Latin populus Rōmānus
Example Sentences
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Historic election brings new American dreams to Pr.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2022
The effect of red light is reversible by immediately shining far-red light on the sample, which converts the chromoprotein to the inactive Pr form.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
After one hour, the cascade of events initiated by Pr has already begun promoting germination and, hence, it cannot be reversed even by the pulse of far light.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Settling police lawsuit forces ‘meaningful and lasting change,’ Pr.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2021
The diagram of the form is therefore as follows:— Exposition VerybriefInter-lude Recapitulation Pr.
From Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition by Percy Goetschius
Mwedziwendira is now figuring out how to build her West Coast clientele after starting EP Studio, a Washington, D.C., creative studio and PR firm, a year ago.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
I asked Morewedge if viral robot fails were, counterintuitively, good PR for the industry.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
It hired a PR firm to manage the unfolding crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
For The Friedkin Group, it is a PR catastrophe avoided.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
"I have the raw packet. It's plaintext: BP 0, PR 0, TP 36.2. That's as far as it got."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Seyt, pr. t. s. put for sey it, i.e. say it; or else put for seyth, i.e. say, 647.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
Save, sawe, vb. save 34.77; 3 p. pr. sauyd 34.76.
From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various
English duck, 1s. 9d. pr. yd.; white blanket, 13s. 3d.;
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
Yelde, yeelde, ȝeelde, vb. yield, render, pay 15.42, 18.41, 21.58; 3 p. pr. yeldis 33.56.
From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various
Justices 3,500 Clerk of Supreme Court 1,000 Senators, Representatives $5 pr. day mileage 10 cents.
From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by John B. Alden
Regarding the Aug. 1 Metro article “Breakdown let police case costs soar in Pr. George’s”:
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2021
Thus, Skr. kṛta-s, Pr. kaa-u, ka-ill-u, B. kail, instead of kar-al.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
Pr. are that western Pr. s becomes ś, and that western Pr. r becomes l.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
The Br. hau is a modern past of haū, while hutau is probably by origin a present participle of the Skr. bhũ, become, Pr. huntaō.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
G. prahlen, F. brailler to cry, shout, Pr. brailar, braillar, W. bragal to vociferate, brag, Armor. bragal to romp, to strut, W. broliaw to brag, brawl boast.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
I’m not doing P.R. for the current pope or the church here, by the way.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
“Our role as academics is not to play favorites. It’s not to do P.R. It’s to tell the truth, no matter how uncomfortable it makes us. And unfortunately, I lost my job for it.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
He spits, “I’m from P.R., where the real ‘bichotas’ come from.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
A former restaurant tycoon turned mercenary leader, Prigozhin was done in by some of his most famous traits—brazen imprudence, overweening self-confidence, and blithe gullibility toward his own P.R.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2023
She shows us his letters and makes us promise not to tell anybody they’re getting married when she goes back to P.R.
From "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros
“You would take the opportunity to take a potentially worldwide issue and try to get some pr from it. And turn it into $,” a critic wrote.
From Fox News ● Mar. 11, 2020
Lego Club Open Lego pr Duplo block play time for children ages 2 to 5 years and their caregivers.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2017
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Doom taught us how to shoot straight in a computer space Photograph: pr handout Doom set the tone of first-person shooter weaponry.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2016
You note that Apollo was the most important marketing and pr case study in history.
From Forbes ● Mar. 12, 2014
It is generally £4 pr chest, New York currency, but the captain is not answerable in any case of seizure.
From Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party) by Francis S. (Francis Samuel) Drake
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