Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

research and development

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English

Syllables: re-search and de-vel-op-ment
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

5

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a department within a company (or governmental division) dedicated to that task, or the fiscal category that represents it in fiscal reporting.

Synonyms

R&D

Questions

What does research and development mean?: a department within a company (or governmental division) dedicated to that task, or the fiscal category that represents it in fiscal reporting.

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