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Meaning of NPL | Babel Free

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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