QP

¹ American  

Chess.

1. queen's pawn.

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q.p. ² American  

Or q. pl.

abbreviation

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

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QP British  

symbol

1. queen's pawn

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Etymology

Origin of q.p.

From Latin quantum placet

Example Sentences

The manufacturing licences of QP Pharmachem Ltd and two other companies, whose products were linked to the child deaths - Maiden Pharmaceuticals and Marion Biotech Pvt.

From Reuters • Jul. 25, 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

Indeed the isolated QP is a weakness in the White position.

From Chess Strategy by Du Mont, J.