PRB

Translingual

Symbol

PRB

1. (international standards) Unofficial non-ISO 4217 currency code for the Transnistrian ruble.

   Synonym: RUP

Usage notes

This code conflicts with the currency coding standardization rules in ISO 4217, as currency codes beginning with PR are reserved for Puerto Rico, due to that being its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.

English

Alternative forms

• P.R.B.

Noun

PRB (countable and uncountable, plural PRBs)

1. (UK, government) Initialism of pay review body.
   • 2022 December 18, Larry Elliott, “Sunak and Hunt face a rerun of the 70s’ winter of discontent. It didn’t end well then”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     It will argue that the recommendations of the public sector pay review bodies (PRBs) are reasonable and must be adhered to. […] Second, the PRBs have limited union representation, which sets them apart from the Low Pay Commission, which is responsible for making recommendations about the minimum wage.

2. Initialism of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Proper noun

PRB

1. Initialism of People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
2. Initialism of People’s Republic of Benin.
3. Initialism of People’s Republic of Bulgaria.

Further reading

• Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• BPR, PBR, PBr., RBP