pud

¹

[pood]

noun

Chiefly British Informal.

1. pudding.

P.U.D.

²

abbreviation

1. pickup and delivery.

pud

/ pʊd /

noun

1. informal,  short for pudding

Word History and Origins

Origin of pud¹

By apocope

Example Sentences

In rapid succession, Grant County P.U.D. fought court skirmishes with Washington's State Power Commission, which wanted to develop Priest Rapids itself, and with a local contractor who objected to the district's plan for power distribution.

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With authority under state law. the P.U.D. tried to buy up both federal and private systems.

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In 1953 the P.U.D. began legal condemnation proceedings against the private company's facilities, and many Stevens County citizens took a second look at their ostensibly "cheap"' public power system.

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Both sides agreed that if the Washington Water Power Co. failed to muster 60% of the voters, it would sell its Stevens County holdings to the P.U.D. for $3,100,000.

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After absorbing the federal lines, it took out a capital-raising loan on them which added $51.000 a year in interest alone to the taxpayers' debt�and helped erase the P.U.D.'s competitive edge.

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