cro
/kɹoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.88 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Abbreviation of Croatia.
noun
noun
noun
noun
noun
Initialism of chief risk officer.
noun
noun
Example Sentences
- "This thesis deals in general with mergers & acquisitions in the CRO industry, and more specifically with reasons for M&A, success factors during the M&A process, and why M&A can fail in the Contract Research Organization industry."
- "The chief risk officer (CRO) title first appeared in a 1988 Peat Marwick study on global capital markets. The first CRO was James Lam of GE Capital, in 1993."
- "Every night, late night like I'm Jimmy Fallon / Cro shoot from anywhere like he Ray Allen"
- "Oh no, here we go, but I'm busy bagging my cro / Gotta go to my drum, but I got buds / So let me just have a quick smoke (quick smoke)"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *grébʰ-ōn ~ *grbʰ-n-ōs Proto-Germanic *krebô Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ Proto-West Germanic *kribbjā Old English cribb Middle English crib English crib English Crip English c- Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *brōþēr Proto-West Germanic *brōþer Old English brōþor Middle English brother English brotherclip. English bro English cro From c- (“Crip”) + bro.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɹoʊ/
- British English: /kɹəʊ/