"PX" meaning in English

See PX in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: PXes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|es}} PX (plural PXes)
  1. (US, military) Initialism of post exchange. The U.S. Army's Post Exchange. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: post exchange (extra: The U.S. Army's Post Exchange.) Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-PX-en-noun-GM4izfjo Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 33 29 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. Abbreviation of peroxidase. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: peroxidase Synonyms (peroxidase): Px
    Sense id: en-PX-en-noun-uUidXreq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 33 29 Disambiguation of 'peroxidase': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: PX goods, PX store Coordinate_terms: BX, CGX, commissary, MCX, NEX, shopette

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "commissary"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "MCX"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "NEX"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "word": "CGX"
    },
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      "word": "commissary"
    },
    {
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      "word": "shopette"
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