SP
English
Noun
SP (countable and uncountable, plural SPs)
- (horse racing, chiefly Australia) Starting price.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 157:
- He was an atheist, a rationalist, a medical student of no great distinction, an SP punter, a singer of bawdy songs, an acknowledged expert in matters erotic.
- 1998, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage 2015, p. 196:
- It was the last time, too, when […] the races dominated the radio on Saturday afternoons and everyone had the number of an SP bookie.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 157:
- Selling price
- (US, military, navy) Shore patrol
- (law enforcement) State Police
- Slow play
- (computing) service pack
- (law enforcement) superintendent
- (Scientology) suppressive person
- (biochemistry) substance P
- State Park
- (highways) Spur
- (ice skating) Short Program
Alternative forms
- S.P., S. P.
Synonyms
- (law enforcement): supt.
Related terms
- (law enforcement): DSupt, DCS, Ch Supt
Dutch
Etymology
From Socialistische Partij.
Proper noun
SP f
- Initialism of Socialistische Partij.; the Socialist Party, a left-wing democratic socialist party in the Netherlands.
Portuguese
Turkish
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