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CRO

Noun CEFR C2
kɹəʊ

Definitions

  1. Synonym of bro (“a male comrade or friend”).
  2. Synonym of marijuana.
    Multicultural-London-English, slang, uncountable
  3. Abbreviation of Croatia.
    abbreviation, alt-of
  4. Initialism of Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope.
  5. Initialism of Contract research organization.
  6. Initialism of COMSEC responsible officer.
  7. Initialism of conversion rate optimization.
  8. Initialism of chief risk officer.
  9. Initialism of chief research officer.
  10. Initialism of chief revenue officer.
  11. Initialism of chief reputation officer.
  12. Initialism of chief restructuring officer.

Equivalents

EspañolOIC
FrançaisCro
PortuguêsCRO

Examples

“This thesis deals in general with mergers & acquisitions in the CRO industry, and more specifically with reasons for M&A, success factors during the M&A process⟳, and why M&A can fail⟳ in the Contract Research⟳ Organization industry.”
“The chief risk⟳ officer (CRO) title first appeared in a 1988 Peat Marwick study⟳ on global capital markets. The first CRO was James Lam of GE Capital, in 1993.”
“Every night, late night like⟳ I'm Jimmy Fallon / Cro shoot⟳ from anywhere like⟳ he Ray Allen”
“Oh no, here we go, but I'm busy bagging my cro / Gotta go to my drum, but I got buds / So let⟳ me just have⟳ a quick smoke⟳ (quick smoke⟳)”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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