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pop., n.9|pɒp|
Also without point.
[Shortened f. population n.]
Abbreviated form of population n., esp. in statistical contexts.
1818J. E. Worcester Gazetteer of U.S. 237/2 Perquimans, co. E. part of N.C. Pop. 6,052. Slaves 2,017. Chief town, Hertford. 1866Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 711/1 Siena, a city of Central Italy, 60 miles south of Florence by railway. Pop. 22,624. 1880W. Whitman Daybks. & Notebks. (1978) III. 616 Pop of Sarnia 5000. 1910Encycl. Brit. XI. 549/1 Geelong, a seaport..situated on an extensive land-locked arm of Port Phillip known as Corio Bay... Pop. of the city proper (1901) 12, 399. 1939Florida (Federal Writers' Project) ii. 184 Jacksonville (25 alt., 129,459 pop.), the State's largest city. 1961Wodehouse Ice in Bedroom iii. 25 The town's Pop, as the guide book curtly terms it, is four thousand nine hundred and sixteen. 1988Times 15 June 25/3 In the US..licences [to sell a product] are priced on the basis of the number of potential customers. These ‘pop’ values—the per person of population the licences cover—are regarded in America as a useful way of assessing anticipated cash flow. |