PR

noun, verb — 18 senses

PR

noun
17 senses
  1. 1Initialism of public relations.
  2. 2Initialism of proportional representation.
  3. 3Initialism of permanent residence.
  4. 4Initialism of police report.
  5. 5Initialism of personal representative.
  6. 6Initialism of personal recognizance (bond).
  7. 7Initialism of personal record.
  8. 8Initialism of purchase requisition.
  9. 9Initialism of pull request.
  10. 10Initialism of protected ranking.
  11. 11Initialism of Puerto Rican.
  12. 12Initialism of progesterone receptor.
  13. 13Initialism of partial response.
  14. 14Initialism of prothrombin ratio.
  15. 15A PR interval.
  16. 16Abbreviation of preset.
  17. 17Initialism of Paralympic record.
1

Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of public relations.

  • Well, let me reiterate them and then explain why, in my view, this response is bad PR.2021 January 27, Christian Wolmar, “Little-used stations”, in RAIL, number 923, page 46:
2

Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of proportional representation.

  • Last year the Labour Party passed a conference motion backing proportional representation (PR) by an overwhelming margin.2023 July 21, Rob Ford, “Would proportional representation really doom the Tories?”, in New Statesman:
3

Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of permanent residence.

4

Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of police report.

5

Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of personal representative.

6

Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of personal recognizance (bond).

7

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of personal record.

8

Business Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of purchase requisition.

9

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of pull request.

10

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, Tennis Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of protected ranking.

11

Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of Puerto Rican.

12

Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of progesterone receptor.

13

Medicine, Sciences Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of partial response.

14

Hematology, Medicine, Sciences Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of prothrombin ratio.

15

Medicine, Sciences A PR interval.

16

Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Abbreviation Abbreviation of preset.

17

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of Paralympic record.

Derived terms
PR-friendly
Related terms
PT, INR

PR

verb
1

Ambitransitive, Informal, Uncommon To perform public relations work, such as promoting or managing publicity for something.

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