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NPL

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Initialism of National Physical Laboratory.
  2. Initialism of non-performing loan.

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

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