| J.P. |
abbreviation of "Justice of the Peace," the lowest level of magistrate in some U. S. states, whose jurisdiction is usu. part of a county and whose duties include administering oaths, performing marriages, and trying minor cases. |
| M.P. |
abbreviation of "Member of Parliament." |
| P and L |
abbreviation of "profit and loss." |
| P-Celtic |
a branch of the Celtic languages that includes Welsh, Cornish, and Breton, in which a "p" sound replaced the Proto-Indo-European "kw" sound. |
| P.D. |
abbreviation of "police department." |
| P.E.1 |
abbreviation of "physical education." |
| P.E.2 |
an abbreviation of "physical education." |
| P.I. |
abbreviation of "private investigator." |
| p.m. |
the time between noon and midnight. P.M. is the abbreviation of "post meridiem," meaning "after noon" in Latin. [2 definitions] |
| P.M. |
abbreviation of "Prime Minister," the chief minister and head of the cabinet in parliamentary governments. |
| P.O.1 |
abbreviation of "post office." |
| P.O.2 |
abbreviation of "parole officer," a court-appointed official who supervises persons, including convicts, who are on probation. |
| P.P.S. |
abbreviation of "post postscriptum" (Latin); a second or additional postscript. |
| P.S. |
written to introduce a note added to a letter that is below the writer's signature. "P.S." is an abbreviation of "postscript." |
| R.I.P. |
an abbreviation for Latin words that mean "rest in peace." R.I.P is used when a person dies and is often written on a person's gravestone. |
| R.S.V.P. |
abbreviation of "répondez s'il vous plaît," (French) please reply. [2 definitions] |
| vitamin P |
bioflavonoid. |