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PAL

1

[ pal ]

noun

  1. a special air service offered by the U.S. Postal Service for sending parcels from 5 to 30 pounds (2.3 to 13.5 kilograms) to overseas members of the armed forces: only the regular parcel post rate to the U.S. port of shipment plus $1 is charged.


PAL

2
or P.A.L.

abbreviation for

  1. Police Athletic League.

pal

3

[ pal ]

noun

  1. a friend or close associate; chum; comrade.

verb (used without object)

, palled, pal·ling.
  1. to associate as comrades or chums:

    to pal around with the kid next door.

pal.

4

abbreviation for

  1. paleography.
  2. paleontology.

Pal.

5

abbreviation for

  1. Palestine.

pal

1

/ pæl /

noun

  1. a close friend; comrade
  2. an accomplice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr; usually foll by with or about to associate as friends
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Pal.

2

abbreviation for

  1. Palestine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

PAL

3

/ pæl /

acronym for

  1. phase alternation line: a colour-television broadcasting system used generally in Europe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of PAL1

P(arcel) A(ir) L(ift)

Origin of PAL2

First recorded in 1675–85; English Romani: “brother, mate,” variant of continental Romani phral, ultimately from Sanskrit bhrātṛ “brother”; brother
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Word History and Origins

Origin of PAL1

C17: from English Gypsy: brother, ultimately from Sanskrit bhrātar brother
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Example Sentences

And back in February, he lost a close pal in Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Grant's pal Howard Hughes offered to fly them back to Los Angeles in his private plane.

A few weeks later, Valentino and her pal, an aspiring actress named Meg Foster, met Cosby again at Café Figaro.

And your pal Laura Dern recently said you were “cooking up” your next one.

You can up the ante even more by signing a contract agreeing to pay a pal $20 every time you skip Pilates.

With horror she had heard her brother addressed by a disreputable costermonger in a mangy fur cap, as "Old pal."

But she was an exquisitely pretty and engaging little thing, a grand little pal, and worth cultivating.

If I felt that I could leave her in your charge, all on the square, as a real straight pal—I should go away happy.

They must have found out their pal here was going to sing and figured he probably told us too much already.

When Phil's pal left us he went wandering down the hillside, talking to himself.

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