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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


ADVERB (1)

1. by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received);
- Example: "he earned $100,000 per annum"
- Example: "we issue six volumes per annum"
[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)