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Oc.

1 American  
Or oc.

abbreviation

  1. ocean.

o/c 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. overcharge.

oc- 3 American  

  1. variant of ob- (by assimilation) before c: occident.

o.c. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Architecture. on center. See center.

  2. in the work cited.

O.C. 5 American  

abbreviation

Philately.

  1. original cover.

OC 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Officer Commanding

  2. Officer of the Order of Canada

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o/c 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. overcharge

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Usage

What else does OC mean? The acronym OC can stand for all kinds of things: Orange County (California), original character, OxyContin, of course, offensive coordinator, officer commanding, and original content.

Etymology

Origin of o.c.

From Latin opere citātō o.c. for def. 2

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