Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
- adjective phrase.
- Trademark. Advanced Placement Program.
- Air Police.
- American plan.
- antipersonnel.
- variant of ad- before p: appear.
- variant of apo- before a vowel or h: aphelion.
- additional premium.
- author’s proof.
- account paid.
- accounts payable.
- authority to pay or purchase.
prefix
- son of: occurring as part of some surnames of Welsh originap Thomas
abbreviation for
- Air Police
- Associated Press
prefix
- a variant of apo- aphelion
abbreviation for
- obsolete (in prescriptions, etc) ante prandium
abbreviation of Associated Press, first recorded 1879; the organization was founded May 1848 as co-operative news gathering effort among New York City newspaper publishers covering the war with Mexico.
patronymic prefix in Welsh names, earlier map “son,” cognate with Gaelic mac. Since 17c. merged into surnames (Ap Rhys = Price, Ap Evan = Bevan, etc.).
It is said that a Welshman who evidently was not willing to be surpassed in length of pedigree, when making out his genealogical tree, wrote near the middle of his long array of ‘aps’ — “about this time Adam was born.” [“Origin and Significance of our Names,” “The Chautauquan,” Oct. 1887-July 1888]
form of Latin ad- before words beginning in -p-; see ad-.
abbr.
- apothecary