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appro

[ ap-roh ]

noun

British Informal.
  1. (of a purchase) approval:

    on appro.



appro

/ ˈæəʊ /

noun

  1. an informal shortening of approval

    on appro

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of appro1

First recorded in 1870–75; appr(oval) + -o
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Who knew that, decades later, “appro,” a.k.a. “try on,” would become the way to shop?

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"You see, I'm going on what the shops call 'appro,'" she said.

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Wow, appro- you really want to restrict markets, don't you?

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No man shall ever have it in his power to say that I have travelled to the end of the world “on appro,”—that I have deliberately thrown myself in his way.

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"If you wish, sir, I will make a list," he ventured further, "and the proper firms will send persons to bring things down from London on appro."

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