SP (countable and uncountable, plural SPs)

1. (horse racing) Initialism of starting price.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 157:

     He was an atheist, a rationalist, a medical student of no great distinction, an SP punter, a singer of bawdy songs, an acknowledged expert in matters erotic.

   • 1998, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 196:

     It was the last time, too, when […] the races dominated the radio on Saturday afternoons and everyone had the number of an SP bookie.

2. Initialism of selling price.
3. (US, military, navy) Initialism of shore patrol.
4. (law enforcement) Initialism of state police.
5. Initialism of slow play.
6. (computing) Initialism of service pack.
7. (video games, mostly role-playing games) Initialism of skill point, special point, spirit point, and spell point; synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements.
8. (law enforcement) Abbreviation of superintendent.
9. (Scientology) Initialism of suppressive person.
10. (biochemistry) Initialism of substance P.
11. (firearms) Initialism of soft point.
12. Initialism of state park.
13. (highways) Abbreviation of spur.
14. (ice skating) Initialism of short program.
15. (Hong Kong) Initialism of sex partner.

• S.P., S. P.

• (law enforcement): supt.

• (firearms): JHP, JSP, FMJ

• (law enforcement): CSP, SSP

• (law enforcement): DSupt, DCS, Ch Supt

SP

1. Initialism of São Paulo, a state of Brazil.

• EP
• LP
• SLP
• single
• record
• album
• 33
• 45
• 78

• %ps, P&S, P's, P.S., PS, PS., Ps, Ps., p's, p**s, p.s., ps, ps., μPs

From Socialistische Partij.

SP f

1. Initialism of Socialistische Partij.; the Socialist Party, a left-wing democratic socialist party in the Netherlands

SP m (plural SP)

1. Initialism of syntagme prépositionnel (“prepositional phrase; PP”).

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SP f (proper noun, genitive SP)

1. (Swiss politics) Initialism of Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (“Social Democratic Party of Switzerland”).

   Coordinate terms: SVP, FDP, GPS, GLP, EVP, EDU

SP

1. abbreviation of serikat pekerja (“labor union; trade union”).
2. abbreviation of surat peringatan (“warning”).
3. abbreviation of satuan permukiman (“settlement unit”).

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

SP

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Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from special +‎ police.

• (Tokyo) エスピー (Nakadaka – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

SP(エスピー) • (esu-pī) 

1. bodyguard

Derived from English simulated patient.

• IPA^(key):

SP(エスピー) • (esu-pī) 

1. (medicine) simulated patient

• 模擬(もぎ)患者(かんじゃ) (mogi kanja)

• IPA^(key):

SP(エスピー) • (esu-pī) 

1. (business) Initialism of セールスプロモーション (“sales promotion”).

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

SP

Wikipedia ^pt

SP

1. initialism of São Paulo, a state of Brazil

SP

1. (politics) Initialism of Saadet Partisi (Felicity Party).