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    tr.
    abbreviation
    tare.
  • T.R.
    T.R.
    abbreviation
    in the time of the king.
  • TR
    TR
    abbreviation
    Turkey (international car registration)
  • tr
    tr
    abbreviation
    treasurer

tr.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. tare.

  2. tincture.

  3. trace.

  4. train.

  5. transaction.

  6. transitive.

  7. translated.

  8. translation.

  9. translator.

  10. transpose.

  11. transposition.

  12. treasurer.

  13. Music. trill.

  14. troop.

  15. trust.

  16. trustee.


T.R. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. in the time of the king.


T.R. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Theodore Roosevelt.

  2. tons registered.

  3. trust receipt.


tr. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. transitive

  2. translated

  3. music trill

"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

TR 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Turkey (international car registration)

"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

tr 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. treasurer

"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

tr 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Turkey

"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 T.R.

From Latin tempore rēgis

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—From the Mahabharata, tr. by Frederic Rowland Marvin.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James

Seceded in 1843, afterwards tr. to Aberdeen. 1843-1844—Chapel vacant. 1844-1858—DAVID BONALLO, tr. to Blackford.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.

Suspended 1649-1651 for adhering to the Engagement. 1656-1665—HUGH GORDON, A.M., tr. to Row. 1668-1689—JOHN PHILP, A.M.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.

Celebrated for his fine penmanship. 1656-1660—JAMES FORSYTHE, tr. to Airth. 1662-1665—JAMES FORSYTHE, tr. to Bothkennar.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.

History of my time: Memoirs, ed. by the Duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier, tr. by C. E. Roche.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

“With the fast pace of this industry, we’re going to manage the business smartly for these rapidly evolving priorities,” Ford spokesman T.R.

From Washington Times Aug. 23, 2022

Outdoorsman T.R. had, of course, preferred real horses for his core work.

From Salon May 7, 2022

“Say the word ‘marketing,’ and you could hear faculty members gasp,” T.R.

From Washington Post Sep. 30, 2021

“Of course queer actors can play straight, straight actors can play queer,” adds T.R.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2021

Reins jiggling, horses snorting and pooting, buggy rocking and creaking, steel wheel rims hitting rocks, a caw-caw from a crow somewhere, T.R. way off in the woods, barking at something.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

TR was conservative and progressive, internationalist and nationalist, conservationist and hunter.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

Although TR expansions constitute about 6 percent of our genome and substantially contribute to complex congenial conditions, scientific understanding of them remains limited.

From Science Daily Apr. 5, 2024

But Ford spokesman TR Reid confirmed Monday that plant construction has been paused and spending has been limited on it.

From Seattle Times Sep. 25, 2023

TR The way I dress is very connected to how I feel.

From New York Times Jan. 25, 2023

"I know the HGT stands for height and TR for trunk, but what are the other abbreviations?"

From Penny Nichols Finds a Clue by Clark, Joan

The other half of the prize was given tr.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only he does that thing where he pronounces tr like an f.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

Hydrastin tr 0 p 2 26 Hamamelis Virginica.

From An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time by Hill, B. L. (Benjamin L.)

Granite 70.17 15.07 .88 1.79 1.13 1.11 5.73 2.69 .15 tr.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

A useful summary of these two chapters is given by Father Joseph Maréchal in his Studies in the Psychology of the Mystics, tr.

From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold

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