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P.O.

Definitions: P.O.

P.O.

Noun

1. A noncommissioned officer in the navy with a rank comparable to sergeant in the army P/E ratio n : (stock market) the price of a stock divided by its earnings.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

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Crosswords: P.O.

Specialty definitions using "P.O.": MIX CommunicationsSCPI Consortium. (references)

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Modern Usage: P.O.

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Mutharamkunnu P.O. (1985)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: P.O.

DomainTitle

Books

  • Eudora Welty Reads: Why I Live at the P.O. Powerhouse, Petrified Man and Other of Her Stories [ABRIDGED] (reference)

  • De sorte huller : om tilblivelsen af et sprog i P.O. Enquists forfatterskab (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: P.O.

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

To find out if a particular filter removes crypto, contact NSF International (3475 Plymouth Road, P.O. Box 130140, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0140, 1-800-673-8010, 1-313-769-0109 [fax]), an independent testing group. (references)

Plague vaccine is available in the United States from Greer Labs. Plague vaccine USP is manufactured by Greer Laboratories, Inc., P.O. Box 800, Lenoir, NC, 28645-0800, telephone (800)438-0088 or (704)754-5327. The vaccine is shipped refrigerated in 20ml vials and should be stored at 2-8 degrees C (35-46 degrees F). It should not be frozen. (references)

Economic History

Syria

Hazem JAZZAR: Salhieh Street, Cinema Amir's building, P.O. Box 11089; tel: 963-11-232-3007, 232-3008; fax: 963-11-222-5286. Citizen of the SAR. (references)

Tanzania

Marketing Manager/controller, Business Times, P.O. Box 71439, Phone: 183094/95 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (references)

Tanzania

The Advertising Manager, Daily and Sunday News, P.O. Box 9033, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, (Phone: 255-51-116072/5; Fax: 255-51-112881; Telex: 41071 NEWSTA-TZ). (references)

Trade

China

Once a project is initially approved by the ADB and the Chinese government, it is included in a monthly publication called "ADB Business Opportunities" which is available by subscription from the Publications Unit, Information Office, ADB, P.O. Box 789, Manila, Philippines, Fax: (632) 632-5122 or 632-5841. The Commerce Department has established a Multilateral Development Bank Operations Office (Fax: (202) 273-0927) which publishes information to assist companies in winning such contracts. (references)

Burma

No. 21/25, Sule Pagoda Road, Pabedan P.O. Yangon, Myanmar. (references)

Burma

Block C, Theingyizay, Pabedan P.O.. (references)

Travel

Kenya

The Embassy is located on Mombasa Road, Nairobi, Kenya; telephone (254) (2) 537-800; facsimile (254) (2) 537-810. In the event of an after-hours emergency, the Embassy duty officer may be contacted at (254) (2) 537-809. The U.S. Embassy's international mailing address is P.O. Box 30137 Nairobi, Kenya. (references)

Saudi Arabia

The international mailing address is: P.O. Box 149, Jeddah 21411, Saudi Arabia. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: P.O.

"P.O." is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 52.17% of the time. "P.O." is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)52.17%12101,599
Noun (common)47.83%11106,044
                    Total100.00%23N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: P.O.

Expression using "P.O.": p.o. box. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: P.O.

Language Translations for "P.O."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

P.O 。. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

почт.отд.. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

posta kutusu (call box, letterbox, mailbox, p.o. box, p.o.b., post box). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: P.O.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters ".-.-o-p"

-2 letters: op.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: P.O.


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 2E 4F 2E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 00101110 01001111 00101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#46 &#79 &#46

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 002E 004F 002E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50164916

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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