cps

1. abbreviationinitialismcommunicationsInitialism of characters per second.
2. abbreviationinitialismvideo gamesInitialism of clicks per second.
3. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of counts per second.
4. abbreviationinitialismproscribedbusinessInitialism of cycles per second.

   Synonyms: mul:Hz, hertz

plural CPSes

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecommunicationsInitialism of characters per second.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablevideo gamesInitialism of clicks per second.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of counts per second.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismproscribeduncountablebusinessInitialism of cycles per second.

   Synonyms: mul:Hz, hertz

5. USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of child protective services.

   I can’t let the reporters see him looking like this anyway, so swollen that CPS would be here before dinner.

   2022, Leila Mottley, Nightcrawling, Bloomsbury, page 226

6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of clean plate syndrome.
7. USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Current Population Survey.
8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of cyber-physical system.
9. abbreviationinitialismuncountablefunctional programmingInitialism of continuation-passing style.First known use 1975

1. UKabbreviationinitialismlawInitialism of Crown Prosecution Service.

   ‘Itʼs entrapment,’ said Silver. ‘The CPS wonʼt prosecute.’

   2020, Ben Aaronovitch, False Value, Gollancz, page 233

   1 more example

   Big showering of affection at beginning of relationship can be used to confuse victims and gain control, CPS warns[.]

   2023 April 23, Amelia Gentleman, “CPS includes ‘love-bombing’ in guidance on abusive partners prosecution”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

2. UKabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Centre for Policy Studies.

   Last year, for example, Raab wrote a paper for the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) – since the birth of Thatcherism one of the radical right's fiercest thinktanks […]

   2012 August 22, Andy Beckett, “Britannia Unchained: the rise of the new Tory right”, in The Guardian

3. UKabbreviationhistoricalinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Communist Party of Scotland.

1. pluralplural of CP