[syn: per annum, p.a., per year, each year, annually]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pa \Pa\ (p[aum]), n.
A shortened form of Papa.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
p.a.
adv 1: by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum
of money paid or received); "he earned $100,000 per
annum"; "we issue six volumes per annum" [syn: per
annum, p.a., per year, each year, annually]
n 1: an electronic amplification system used as a communication
system in public areas [syn: public address system, P.A.
system, PA system, P.A., PA]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "pa":
abba, dad, daddy, father, foster father, genitor, governor,
old man, pap, papa, pappy, pater, paterfamilias, patriarch, pop,
pops, sire, stepfather, the old man
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "PA":
Gramophone, PA system, Victrola, audio sound system, audiophile,
binaural system, bitch box, bullhorn, cartridge, ceramic pickup,
changer, crystal pickup, derived four-channel system,
discrete four-channel system, four-channel stereo system, hi-fi,
hi-fi fan, high-fidelity, intercom, intercommunication system,
jukebox, magnetic pickup, monaural system, mono, needle,
nickelodeon, phonograph, photoelectric pickup, pickup,
public-address system, quadraphonic sound system,
radio-phonograph combination, record changer, record player,
sound reproduction system, sound truck, squawk box, stereo, stylus,
system, tape deck, tape recorder, tone arm,
transcription turntable, turntable
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
PA
Precision Architecture (HP)