PaynenameAn English surname, variant of Paine.
payolanounA bribe given in exchange for a favor, such as one given in exchange for the promotion of goods or services (originally one given to a disk jockey to play a record).
payoutnounAn amount of money paid out.
PayPalnameA worldwide online payment system.
payphonenounA public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card.
payrollnounA list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.
paysverbthird-person singular simple present indicative of pay
PaytonnameA habitational surname from Old English.
paywallnounA system that restricts access to content with a purchase or a paid subscription.
PaznameA river in El Salvador.
PBnounInitialism of peanut butter.
PBAnameInitialism of Professional Bowlers Association.
PBBnounInitialism of polybrominated biphenyl.
PBCnounInitialism of primary biliary cholangitis.
PBInameInitialism of Plant Breeding Institute, a founding unit of the John Innes Centre.
pbkadjAbbreviation of paperback.
PBMnounInitialism of pharmacy benefit manager.
PBOCnameInitialism of People's Bank of China.
PBRnameInitialism of Professional Bull Riders, a sport, circuit, and company for bull riding.
PBSnameInitialism of Public Broadcasting Service
PCadjInitialism of politically correct.
PCAnameAbbreviation of Proto-Central Algonquian.
PCBnounInitialism of printed circuit board.
PCLnounInitialism of polycaprolactone.
pcmadvInitialism of per calendar month.
PCOSnounInitialism of polycystic ovary syndrome.
PCPnounInitialism of personal contract purchase.
PCRnounInitialism of polymerase chain reaction.
pcsnounplural of pc (“piece”)
PCTnameInitialism of Patent Cooperation Treaty.
PDnounInitialism of police department.
PDAnounInitialism of personal digital assistant.
PDCnameInitialism of Personal Digital Cellular, a 2G mobile standard used in Japan.
PdenounAbbreviation of parade.
PDFnameInitialism of Parkinson's Disease Foundation, now just Parkinson's Foundation.
PDLnounInitialism of passenger dedicated line.
PDQadvInitialism of pretty damned/darn quick: very quickly, as quickly as possible.
PDUnounInitialism of power distribution unit.
PEnameInitialism of Prince Edward Island: a province of Canada.
peanounAny of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
PeabodynameA surname transferred from the nickname.
peacenounA state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
peaceableadjFavouring peace rather than conflict; not aggressive, tending to avoid violence (of people, actions etc.).
peacebuildingnounThe creation of peace or the conditions for peace.
peacefuladjNot at war; not disturbed by strife or turmoil.
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The English alphabetical index for the letter P contains 4,417 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 89 pages, and you are currently viewing page 18. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
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