Pal

[pal] /pæl/ Informal.

noun
1.
a very close, intimate friend; comrade; chum.
2.
an accomplice.
verb (used without object), palled, palling.
3.
to associate as comrades or chums:
to pal around with the kid next door.
1.
Police Athletic League.
[pal] /pæl/
noun
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a special air service offered by the U.S. Postal Service for sending parcels from 5 to 30 pounds (2.3 to 13.5 kg) to overseas servicemen: only the regular parcel post rate to the U.S. port of shipment plus $1 is charged.
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/pæl/
noun
1.
a close friend; comrade
2.
an accomplice
verb pals, palling, palled
3.
(intransitive; usually foll by with or about) to associate as friends
/pæl/
noun acronym
1.
phase alternation line: a colour-television broadcasting system used generally in Europe
abbreviation
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Palestine
n.

1788, from Romany (English Gypsy) pal “brother, comrade,” variant of continental Romany pral, plal, phral, probably from Sanskrit bhrata “brother” (see brother (n.)). Extended colloquial form palsy-walsy attested from 1930.
v.

1879, from pal (n.). Related: Palled; palling.

noun

A friend, esp a very close male friend; boon companion; buddy: has many devoted friends, but he is nobody’s ”pal” (1681+)

verb

pal around (1899+)

[fr Romany phral, phal, ”brother, friend,” ultimately fr Sanskrit bhratr, ”brother”]

1. Paradox Application Language.
2. For the AVANCE distributed persistent operating system.
[“PAL Reference Manual”, M. Ahlsen et al, SYSLAB WP-125, Stockholm 1987].
[“AVANCE: An Object Management System”, A. Bjornerstedt et al, SIGPLAN Notices 23(11):206-221 (OOPSLA ’88) (Nov 1988)].
[What is it?]
3. An object-oriented Prolog-like language.
[“Inheritance Hierarchy Mechanism in Prolog”, K. Akama, Proc Logic Prog ’86, LNCS 264, Springer 1986, pp. 12-21].
4. PDP Assembly Language.
5. Pedagogic Algorithmic Language.
6. Programmable Array Logic.
7. phase alternating line.
(2001-04-02)
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phase alternation line
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Police Athletic League
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Palestine
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Palestinian