"PEP" meaning in English

See PEP in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun}} PEP
  1. (UK politics, historical) Initialism of Political and Economic Planning, a British policy think tank. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Political and Economic Planning (extra: a British policy think tank) Coordinate_terms: PSI
    Sense id: en-PEP-en-name--MQ0F6Ph Categories (other): UK politics Topics: government, politics

Noun

Forms: PEPs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PEP (countable and uncountable, plural PEPs)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of post-exposure prophylaxis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: post-exposure prophylaxis Coordinate_terms: PrEP
    Sense id: en-PEP-en-noun-~5Hvf49u Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 35 16 10 15 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 44 19 3 17 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 41 17 3 16 19 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (UK, finance) Initialism of personal equity plan (a former financial instrument). Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: personal equity plan (extra: a former financial instrument)
    Sense id: en-PEP-en-noun-vkOFuYoN Categories (other): British English, Finance Topics: business, finance
  3. (UK, countable) Initialism of politically exposed person. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: politically exposed person
    Sense id: en-PEP-en-noun-W5dM0OyD Categories (other): British English
  4. (biochemistry) Initialism of phosphoenolpyruvate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: phosphoenolpyruvate
    Sense id: en-PEP-en-noun-619S2RF7 Categories (other): Biochemistry Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  5. (programming, countable) Initialism of Python enhancement proposal. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: Python enhancement proposal
    Sense id: en-PEP-en-noun-Qg1lHg9n Categories (other): Programming Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: DoxyPEP, PEP syndrome

Inflected forms

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