SP

SP (countable and uncountable, plural SPs)

1. (horse racing) Starting price.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 157:

     He was an atheist, a rationalist, a medical student of no great distinction, an SP punter, a singer of bawdy songs, an acknowledged expert in matters erotic.

   • 1998, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 196:

     It was the last time, too, when […] the races dominated the radio on Saturday afternoons and everyone had the number of an SP bookie.

2. Selling price
3. (US, military, navy) Shore patrol
4. (law enforcement) state police
5. Slow play
6. (computing) service pack
7. (video games, mostly role-playing games) synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements. Common examples of meanings of the abbreviation include but are not limited to: skill point, special point, spirit point, and spell point.
8. (law enforcement) Abbreviation of superintendent.
9. (Scientology) Initialism of suppressive person.
10. (biochemistry) substance P
11. (firearms) Abbreviation of soft point.
12. State Park
13. (highways) Spur
14. (ice skating) Short Program
15. (Hong Kong) Initialism of sex partner.

• S.P., S. P.

• (law enforcement): supt.

• (firearms): JHP, JSP, FMJ

• (law enforcement): CSP, SSP

• (law enforcement): DSupt, DCS, Ch Supt

SP

1. Initialism of São Paulo, A state of Brazil.

• EP
• LP
• SLP
• single
• record
• album
• 33
• 45
• 78

• %ps, P&S, P's, P.S., PS, PS., Ps, Ps., p's, p**s, p.s., ps, ps., μPs

From Socialistische Partij.

SP f

1. Initialism of Socialistische Partij.; the Socialist Party, a left-wing democratic socialist party in the Netherlands

SP m (plural SP)

1. Initialism of syntagme prépositionnel (“prepositional phrase; PP”).

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SP f (proper noun, genitive SP)

1. (Swiss politics) Initialism of Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (“Social Democratic Party of Switzerland”).

   Coordinate terms: SVP, FDP, GPS, GLP, EVP, EDU

SP

1. abbreviation of serikat pekerja (“labor union; trade union”).
2. abbreviation of surat peringatan (“warning”).

 

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

SP

Wikipedia ^ja

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from special +‎ police.

• (Tokyo) エスピー [èsúpíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [e̞sɨpʲiː]

SP(エスピー) • (esu-pī) 

1. bodyguard

Derived from English simulated patient.

• IPA^(key): [e̞sɨpʲiː]

SP(エスピー) • (esu-pī) 

1. (medicine) simulated patient

• 模擬(もぎ)患者(かんじゃ) (mogi kanja)

• IPA^(key): [e̞sɨpʲiː]

SP(エスピー) • (esu-pī) 

1. (business) Initialism of セールスプロモーション (“sales promotion”).

 

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

SP

Wikipedia ^pt

SP

1. Initialism of São Paulo, a Brazilian state

SP

1. (politics) Initialism of Saadet Partisi (Felicity Party).