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p.c.
1abbreviation
(in prescriptions) after eating; after meals.
p.c.
2abbreviation
percent.
petty cash.
postal card.
price current.
pc
3picocurie; picocuries.
PC
4pc.
5abbreviation
plural
pcspiece.
prices.
P/C
6abbreviation
petty cash.
price current.
P.C.
7abbreviation
Past Commander.
British.Police Constable.
Post Commander.
British.Prince Consort.
British.Privy Council.
pc
1abbreviation
per cent
postcard
obsolete(in prescriptions) post cibum
parsec
PC
2abbreviation
personal computer
Parish Council(lor)
Past Commander
(in Britain and Canada) Police Constable
politically correct
Prince Consort
(in Britain and Canada) Privy Council(lor)
(in Canada) Progressive Conservative
P/C
3abbreviation
petty cash
price current
p.c.
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.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of p.c.1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of p.c.1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
Attorneys at the James & Hoffman, P.C., law firm are arguing in their proposed class action that this mass firing constitutes a reduction-in-force action, which would require a 60-day notice.
Deborah receives this in a state of total inebriation; she’s attending a frat party in the hopes of courting support among students who aren’t so P.C.
Three-quarters of employers polled by Littler Mendelson P.C., the employment law firm, said they had not changed their approach to D.E.I. because of the ruling last year, and only 1 percent reported a significant decrease in their efforts, according to a survey released this month.
"So far, the catalytic yield has been below 30 percent for a single pass, meaning just passing the methane and oxygen through the catalyst and getting ethylene on the other side," says Bar Mosevitzky Lis, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in Lehigh University's P.C.
On Aug. 14, 2017, a little more than a week after Northern International provided the $5 million loan, Hunter Biden transferred $150,000 from Owasco P.C. to a nearly empty bank account for the Lion Hall Group, a company owned by James and Sarah Biden.
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