Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

npl

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: npl
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of National Physical Laboratory.

noun

Initialism of non-performing loan.

Example Sentences

"The Planck constant is, in turn, measured using an instrument known as the Kibble balance, first developed at NPL by the late physicist Bryan Kibble."
"VTB’s First Deputy CEO, Dmitry Pyanov, said the share of NPLs could rise to between 6% and 7% within the next few months, but stressed that this was still far from peak levels. VTB estimated the share of restructured corporate loans at 3%."

Inflected Forms

NPLs (plural)

Questions

What does npl mean?: Initialism of National Physical Laboratory.

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