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p.c.
1abbreviation for
- (in prescriptions) after eating; after meals.
p.c.
2abbreviation for
- percent.
- petty cash.
- postal card.
- price current.
pc
3- picocurie; picocuries.
PC
4abbreviation for
pc.
5abbreviation for
- plural pcs piece.
- prices.
P/C
6abbreviation for
- petty cash.
- price current.
P.C.
7abbreviation for
- Past Commander.
- British. Police Constable.
- Post Commander.
- British. Prince Consort.
- British. Privy Council.
PC
1abbreviation for
- 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
pc
2abbreviation for
- per cent
- postcard
- obsolete.(in prescriptions) post cibum
- parsec
P/C
3abbreviation for
- 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.
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Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
All in all, sounds like an action-packed, un-P.C., good time.
The not-so-P.C. message appeared to be: Trade in your unruly child for a studious Asian one.
At 10:31 p.m., a friend named Dale Lawson raised the P.C. defense, writing “the over reaction to it was a little amusing.”
On the other hand the decrease under Hindus amounts to nearly 15 p.c.
The interest earned on the capital expenditure in the six years ending averaged 11½ p.c.
The increase between 1901 and 1911 in these districts was 7½ p.c.
The other important figures are sugar 12, and metals 11 p.c.
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