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TCP

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noun

  1. a mild disinfectant used for cleansing minor wounds, gargling, etc

"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 TCP

abbrev. for t ( ri ) c ( hloro )- p ( henylmethyliodisalicyl )

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BlackRock TCP holds total investments of about $1.3 billion based on fair market value.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

BlackRock TCP Capital hired investment bank Keefe, Bruyette & Woods to weigh further options, such as strategic combinations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Investors already were wary of this BlackRock fund, and other so-called business-development companies— the TCP fund is down 37% over the last 52 weeks, even before the warning.

From MarketWatch Jan. 26, 2026

Scientists have long warned of potential dangers from breathing heated jet engine oil, which contains tricresyl phosphate, or TCP, a highly toxic chemical that can damage the nervous system.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2022

TCP then sends blocks of data to IP which adds its own headers and ships the packets over the network.

From Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet by Ed Krol

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