| P&O |
Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company |
| P/O |
Pilot Officer |
| pa |
per annum (a year) |
| PAO |
Prince Albert's Own |
| Parl(y) |
Parliament(ary) |
| PASI |
Professional Associate, Chartered Surveyors' Institution |
| PBMA |
President of the British Medical Association |
| PC |
Privy Council/Counsellor; Police Constable; Perpetual Curate; Peace Commissioner (Ireland); Progressive Conservative (Canada) |
| PCC |
Parochial Church Council |
| PCFC |
Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council |
| Pde |
Parade |
| PE |
Procurement Executive |
| Pembs |
Pembrokeshire |
| PEN |
Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, Novelists (Club) |
| PEng |
Registered Professional Engineer (Canada); Member, Society of Professional Engineers |
| Penn |
Pennsylvania |
| PEP |
Political and Economic Planning |
| Perm |
Permanent |
| PF |
Procurator-Fiscal |
| PGA |
Professional Golfers' Association |
| PHAB |
Physically Handicapped and Able-Bodied |
| PhD |
Doctor of Philosophy |
| Phil |
Philology, Philological; Philosophy, Philosophical |
| Phys |
Physical |
| PIA |
Personal Investment Authority |
| PITCOM |
Parliamentary Information Technology Committee |
| Pk |
Park |
| Pl |
Place; Plural |
| PLA |
Port of London Authority |
| Plen |
Plenipotentiary |
| PLP |
Parliamentary Labour Party; Progressive Liberal Party (Bahamas) |
| PLR |
Public Lending Right |
| PM |
Prime Minister |
| PMG |
Postmaster-General |
| PMO |
Principal Medical Officer |
| PMRAFNS |
Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service |
| Pncpl |
Principal |
| PNEU |
Parents' National Educational Union |
| PO |
Post Office |
| Poly |
Polytechnic |
| Pop |
Population |
| POUNC |
Post Office Users' National Council |
| POW |
Prisoner of War; Prince of Wales's |
| pp |
pages |
| PPA |
Periodical Publishers Association |
| PPCLI |
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry |
| PPE |
Philosophy, Politics and Economics |
| PPS |
Parliamentary Private Secretary |
| PQ |
Province of Quebec |
| PR |
Public Relations; Parti republicain |
| PRA |
President, Royal Academy |
| PRAS |
President, Royal Agricultural Society |
| PRBA |
President, Royal Society of British Artists |
| PRCS |
President, Royal College of Surgeons |
| PRE |
President, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (formerly of Painter-Etchers and Engravers) |
| Preb |
Prebendary |
| Pres |
President |
| PRIA |
President, Royal Irish Academy |
| Priv |
Private |
| PRO |
Public Relations Officer, Public Records Office |
| Prob. |
Probate; Probation; Probationary |
| Proc |
Proctor; Proceedings |
| Prof |
Professor; Professional |
| Prov |
Province; Provost, Provincial |
| PRS |
President, Royal Society; Performing Right Society Lid |
| PRSM |
President, Royal Society of Medicine |
| PRSW |
President, Royal Scottish Water Colour Society |
| PRWA |
President, Royal West of England Academy |
| PS |
Pastel Society; Paddle Steamer |
| PSA |
Property Services Agency; Petty Sessions Area |
| psc |
Passed Staff College Camberley; Graduate of Staff College |
| PSD |
Petty Sessional Division; Social Democratic Party (Portugal) |
| PSI |
Policy Studies Institute |
| PTA |
Passenger Transport Authority; Parent-Teacher Association |
| Pte |
Private |
| ptnr |
partner |
| Pty |
Proprietary (used of Australian and some other countries' businesses) |
| Publicns |
Publications |
| PWD |
Public Works Department |
| PWE |
Political Welfare Executive |
| PWO |
Prince of Wales's Own |
