SP
- Shore Patrol.
- Specialist.
- Submarine Patrol.
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sp.
Sp.
- Spain.
- Spaniard.
- Also Sp Spanish(def 3).
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s.p.
- without issue; childless.
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Origin of s.p.
From the Latin word sine prōle
S.P.
- Shore Patrol.
- Socialist party.
- Submarine Patrol.
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Contemporary Examples
According to Thomson Reuters, 150 of the 500 companies in the SP 500 make 95 to 100 percent of their revenue inside U.S. borders.
You can't just sit back and get what the SP is returning, because that's not nearly enough to retire on!
Unfortunately, almost none of you are the kind of stock pickers who can do better than the SP, year in and year out.
A stock market index like the Dow and the SP 500 may not be the best barometer of national well-being.
In addition, the performance of the Dow (and the SP 500) does say something real about the U.S. economy.
Historical Examples
You can't afford to squeeze a sp—I mean, break a heart in this fashion.
It Happened in EgyptC. N. Williamson
An' if you've sp'iled your chance in this life, don't you mind.
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
When he had gone Captain Jerry said, "Perez, you're sp'ilin' that boy."
Cap'n EriJoseph Crosby Lincoln
He could not now recal (sp) his words, but he hoped and he prayed that he had not.
Luttrell Of ArranCharles James Lever
But the colonel is sp'ilin' his temper some with that bow whip.
The Rainy Day Railroad WarHolman Day
sp
- without issue
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Word Origin
from Latin sine prole
SP
- standard play: the standard recording speed on a VCR
- starting price
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- British slang latest information
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sp.
- special
- plural spp species
- specific
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Sp.
- Spain
- Spaniard
- Spanish
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