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Pawpawnountropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruitverified
Paxnoun(Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharistverified
Pay ClaimnounMWEthe wage demanded from management for workers by their union representativesverified
Paying banknounMWEA paying bank is the institution where a check is payable and to which it is sent for payment.OrganizationRegulated
PayloadnounThe input data to the CCM generation-encryption process that is both authenticated and encrypted.Data
payment cardnounMWEA range of different cards that can be used to access cash assets through point-of-sale terminals or other facilities in order to make payments, receive cash money, exchange currency and perform other actions determined by the card issuer and its terms.PhysicalRegulatedPCI
Payment systemnounMWEThe mechanism, the rules, institutions, people, markets, and agreements that make the exchange of payments possible.SystemRegulatedPCI
Payments System Risk Policy (PSR)nounMWEThe Federal Reserve's Payments System Risk (PSR) policy addressing the risks that payment systems present to the Federal Reserve Banks, the banking system, and to other sectors of the economy.RequirementRegulated
Payrollnounthe department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employeeverified
Payroll card accountnounMWEA bank account that is established directly or indirectly by an employer on behalf of an employee to which an electronic funds transfers the employee's wages or compensation on a recurring basis. The payroll card, often branded by one of the credit/debit card associations, provides the employee access to the funds.DataRegulatedPII
Payroll DepartmentnounMWEthe department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employeeverified
Payslipnouna slip of paper included with your pay that records how much money you have earned and how much tax or insurance etc. has been taken outverified
PCnouna small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a timeverified
PCI Security Standards CouncilnounMWEThe governing body, representing key participants of the payment card industry, which establishes and maintains security standards for payment cards.OrganizationRegulatedPCI
Pdanouna lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasksverified
Pdlnouna unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 poundverified
Peanouna leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seedsverified
Pea CrabnounMWEtiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusksverified
Pea PlantnounMWEa leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seedsverified
Pea ShooternounMWEa straight narrow tube through which pellets (as dried peas) can be blown at a targetverified
Pea TreenounMWEany plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear podverified
Peace LilynounMWEany of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamentalverified
Peace ProcessnounMWEany social process undertaken by governments who want their citizens to believe they are trying to avoid armed hostilitiesverified
Peacekeepernouna member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble areaverified
Peacekeeping MissionnounMWEthe activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)verified
Peacekeeping OperationnounMWEthe activity of keeping the peace by military forces, especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nationsverified
Peaceniknounsomeone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relationsverified
Peach-Leaved WillownounMWEwillow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond treesverified
Peachleaf WillownounMWEwillow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond treesverified
Peacock ButterflynounMWEEuropean butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespotverified
Peacock OrenounMWEa mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper depositsverified
Peafowlnounvery large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental birdverified
Peagnounsmall cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or beltsverified