Pr
praseodymium.
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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
Red light converts the phytochrome to its active form Pfr which can be converted to the inactive form Pr by far red light.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Upon exposure to light, Pr is converted to Pfr and germination proceeds.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Settling police lawsuit forces ‘meaningful and lasting change,’ Pr.
From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021
The "Pr" is probably an abbreviation of "Pdfr."
From The Journal to Stella by Swift, Jonathan
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