pc
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picocurie; picocuries.
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piece.
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prices.
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petty cash.
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price current.
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(in prescriptions) after eating; after meals.
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percent.
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petty cash.
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postal card.
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price current.
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Past Commander.
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British. Police Constable.
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Post Commander.
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British. Prince Consort.
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British. Privy Council.
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per cent
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postcard
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obsolete (in prescriptions) post cibum
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parsec
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personal computer
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Parish Council(lor)
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Past Commander
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(in Britain and Canada) Police Constable
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politically correct
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Prince Consort
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(in Britain and Canada) Privy Council(lor)
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(in Canada) Progressive Conservative
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petty cash
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price current
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An abbreviation for “p olitically c orrect.” It refers to social, political, and educational changes designed to redress historical injustices in areas such as race, gender, ethnic background, and sexual orientation: “Haven't you read the latest directive on p.c. language? Please refer to our colleagues as ‘women,’ not ‘ladies’ or ‘girls.’” The phrase and abbreviation, which also appears as PC, both debuted in the late twentieth century.
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Also, p.c. An abbreviation for politically correct.
Etymology
Origin of p.c.
From Latin post cibōs
Example Sentences
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Co-host Joy Behar, also a comedian, had asked Allen about "pc culture" which she said made comedy "really hard."
From Fox News • Nov. 26, 2019
Bill Gates promised a pc on every desktop and delivered.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2018
Demonstrate that 1 pc equals 3.09 × 1013 km and that it also equals 3.26 light-years.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
He went on: “I don’t play colleges but I hear a lot of people tell me, ‘Don’t go near colleges, they’re so pc.’
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2015
Availing himself of this property, K. Olszewski has determined pc for hydrogen at 15 atmospheres.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
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