Dictionary

HP en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Canada) audio
• /eɪt͡ʃˌpiː/

Etymology

Sense "home page" is a borrowing from Japanese HP (HP, “home page”), from English home page.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of hire purchase.
   alt of hire purchase
   • Everything is practical, sensible, reasonably priced and available on HP. 1976, Angela Carter, ‘What the Hell – It’s Home!’, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage 2013, p. 205
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of horsepower.
   alt of horsepower
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of hit points / health points.
   alt of health points
   alt of hit points
   • If you stay at a hotel, you'll wake up with full HP and PP. 1995, Ape Inc., HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of higher power.
   alt of higher power
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Houses of Parliament.
   alt of Houses of Parliament
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Helicobacter pylori.
   alt of Helicobacter pylori
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of hydrogen peroxide.
   alt of hydrogen peroxide
8. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South-Korea, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of handphone.
   alt of handphone
9. (Japan, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of home page.
   alt of home page
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of horizontal pitch.
    alt of horizontal pitch

Forms

Deriveds

LHP (hydrogen peroxide) · AHP (hydrogen peroxide) · VHP (hydrogen peroxide) · HPV (hydrogen peroxide) · HPGP (hydrogen peroxide)

Synonyms

PO · HPO · mul:H₂O₂

HP en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Canada) audio
• /eɪt͡ʃˌpiː/

Etymology

Sense "home page" is a borrowing from Japanese HP (HP, “home page”), from English home page.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Himachal Pradesh: a state of India.
   alt of Himachal Pradesh
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Hewlett-Packard.
   alt of Hewlett-Packard
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Harry Potter.
   alt of Harry Potter
   • Overall, this is the first HP game to even get near to living up to the quality of JK Rowling's books and the accompanying films. 2009 July 16, Steve Boxer, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, in Guardian, Technology news & features, page 2:

Deriveds

HP-UX