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English
Proper noun
PIT
- Abbreviation of Pittsburgh.
Noun
PIT (countable and uncountable, plural PITs)
- Initialism of personal income tax.
- (computing) Initialism of programmable interval timer.
- Initialism of precision immobilization technique: a method for ending car chases by causing a controlled collision, forcing the pursued car into a spin.
- Initialism of pursuit intervention technique: the same method for ending car chases.
- Initialism of parallel immobilization technique: the same method for ending car chases.
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Polish
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from English PIT.
Pronunciation
Noun
PIT m inan (indeclinable)
- PIT (personal income tax)
- Synonym: podatek dochodowy od osób fizycznych
- PIT (form that is used to account for personal income tax)
Declension
or
Indeclinable
Further reading
- PIT in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- PIT in Polish dictionaries at PWN