Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation nil per os (nothing by mouth)
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- initialism medicine
nil bymouth (nothing may be eaten or drunk) - initialism
non- profit organization
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Examples
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(also known as NPO - Nederlandse Publieke Omroep).
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In addition to expressing confidence that Japanese business could adapt, several company leaders predicted that in the aftermath of the quake and tsunami, the long dormant Japanese "NPO" nonprofit organization, the term of reference for NGO in Japan would become more important.
Aron Cramer: Japan: From Tragedy to Turning Point? Aron Cramer 2011
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A new-to-me blog for the NPO Japan for Sustainability recently published the results of a survey into awareness of fair trade that showed a quite surprising to me 17.6% who both knew the term, and knew it was concerned with poverty and the environment.
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Prior to most medical procedures, patients are required to be "NPO" after midnight.
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Breast Cancer Phase Two: Portacath Insertion Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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They should have nothing to eat or drink (NPO) after dinner and be scheduled for the first morning appointment.
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In addition to expressing confidence that Japanese business could adapt, several company leaders predicted that in the aftermath of the quake and tsunami, the long dormant Japanese "NPO" nonprofit organization, the term of reference for NGO in Japan would become more important.
Aron Cramer: Japan: From Tragedy to Turning Point? Aron Cramer 2011
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In addition to expressing confidence that Japanese business could adapt, several company leaders predicted that in the aftermath of the quake and tsunami, the long dormant Japanese "NPO" nonprofit organization, the term of reference for NGO in Japan would become more important.
Aron Cramer: Japan: From Tragedy to Turning Point? Aron Cramer 2011
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Although many considered the tender a formality and RKK Energia's design as the favorite, Khrunichev enterprise in Moscow submitted its proposals for the follow-on to the TKS spacecraft and NPO Molniya pushed the modified design of the MAKS mini-shuttle, it proposed in the 1990s.
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In addition to expressing confidence that Japanese business could adapt, several company leaders predicted that in the aftermath of the quake and tsunami, the long dormant Japanese "NPO" nonprofit organization, the term of reference for NGO in Japan would become more important.
Aron Cramer: Japan: From Tragedy to Turning Point? Aron Cramer 2011
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Orbital is offering up the Taurus II which is partially derived from their Taurus line but uses a liquid first stage which Orbital has no experience with and has to contract with NPO (Zenit) to produce and fly.
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