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Meaning of NPL | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2

Definitions

  1. Initialism of National Physical Laboratory.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. Initialism of non-performing loan.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Examples

“The Planck constant is, in turn, measured using an instrument known as the Kibble balance, first developed at NPL by the late physicist Bryan Kibble.”
“VTB’s First Deputy CEO, Dmitry Pyanov, said the share of NPLs could rise to between 6% and 7% within the next few months, but stressed that this was still far from peak levels. VTB estimated the share of restructured corporate loans at 3%.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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