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noun
1.
a very close, intimate friend; comrade; chum.
2.
an accomplice.
verb (used without object)
3.
to associate as comrades or chums: to pal around with the kid next door.
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Origin:
1675–85; < English Romany: brother, mate, dissimilated variant of continental Romany phral ≪ Sanskrit bhrātṛ brother
1675–85; < English Romany: brother, mate, dissimilated variant of continental Romany phral ≪ Sanskrit bhrātṛ brother
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noun
a special air service offered by the U.S. Postal Service for sending parcels from 5 to 30 pounds (2.3 to 13.5 kg) to overseas servicemen: only the regular parcel post rate to the U.S. port of shipment plus $1 is charged. Compare SAM (def. 2).
Origin:
P(arcel) A(ir) L(ift)
P(arcel) A(ir) L(ift)
PAL
Police Athletic League.
Also, P.A.L.
Pal.
pal.
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Word Origin & History
pal
1681, from Romany (English Gypsy) pal "brother, comrade," variant of continental Romany pral, plal, phral, probably from Skt. bhrata "brother" (see brother).
EXPAND"Better late than never, Pal, is a saying applicable on the present occasion." [Lord Byron, 1807]The verb is first recorded 1879.
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Slang Dictionary
pal definition[pæl]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Computing Dictionary
PAL definition
1.
2. For the AVANCE distributed persistent operating system.
["PAL Reference Manual", M. Ahlsen et al, SYSLAB WP-125, Stockholm 1987].
["AVANCE: An Object Management System", A. Bjornerstedt et al, SIGPLAN Notices 23(11):206-221 (OOPSLA '88) (Nov 1988)].
[What is it?]
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["Inheritance Hierarchy Mechanism in Prolog", K. Akama, Proc Logic Prog '86, LNCS 264, Springer 1986, pp. 12-21].
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
PAL
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