NPR

NPR

1. (international standards) ISO 4217 currency code for the Nepalese rupee.

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

NPR

1. (US, radio) Initialism of National Public Radio.
   • 2010 October 25, James Fallows, “Why NPR Matters (Long)”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 June 2025:

     First, I think that the NPR leadership made a mistake in appearing to fire Williams in a snit, rather than not renewing his contract, at the next opportunity, because of longstanding differences in journalistic values.

   • 2025 May 2, Brian Stelter, Clay Voytek, “President Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     In Trump’s first term, his annual budget proposals zeroed out the funding for the corporation, but Congress always allocated the funds anyway — a reflection of the fact that national Republican opposition to NPR and PBS is countered by local support.

2. (Indian politics) Initialism of National Population Register.

• (National Public Radio):
  • VOA, PBS, NBC, ABC, CBS
• (National Population Register):
  • NRC (“National Register of Citizens”)

NPR (uncountable)

1. (pressure cooking) Initialism of natural pressure release.^[1]

• prn, RPN, p*rn, p.r.n., PRN, PNR