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  • QP
    QP
    queen's pawn.
  • q.p.
    q.p.
    abbreviation
    (in prescriptions) as much as you please.

QP

1 American  
Chess.
  1. queen's pawn.


q.p. 2 American  
Or q. pl.

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) as much as you please.


QP British  

symbol

  1. queen's pawn

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of q.p.

From Latin quantum placet

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The manufacturer, QP Pharmachem, told Reuters earlier this year that its own tests had found no issues.

From Reuters Jun. 16, 2023

Sudhir Pathak, managing director of QP Pharmachem, told the BBC that the company had exported the batch of 18,346 bottles to Cambodia after getting all due regulatory permissions.

From BBC Apr. 26, 2023

For gas phase equilibria, the pressure-based reaction quotient, QP, is used.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

This idea of traditional creative collaboration is the drive behind the next Struthers watch, which is due for official release at the Salon QP watch fair in London in November.

From New York Times Sep. 2, 2014

White can either develop his KB at Kt2, and concentrate on the Black QP, which is somewhat weak, or he can place the KB on one of the available squares between B1 and R6.

From Chess Strategy by J. Du Mont

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