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POU

POU is the initialism of program organization unit.

POU is the initialism of point of use.

Meaning of point of use

Noun

point of use (plural points of use)

  1. (also, attributive) The location or other circumstances in which a product or service is utilized.
    • In fact, if electric cars become cheaper and continue to benefit from tax relief, the total number of cars may well rise. Electric cars produce no toxic emissions at the point of use but, as with all cars, embodied carbon in the production of vehicles and batteries generate greenhouse gas emissions.2021 January 25, Chris Barker, Dr Robin Russell-Jones, “Electric cars are not the only green solution”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    POU

Proper noun capitalized: Pou

Pou (plural Pous)

  1. A surname from Catalan.

Forms of POU

Noun
pluralPOUs
Proper noun
pluralPous

Origin of POU

Borrowed from Catalan Pou.

Phrases with POU

Questions about POU

What does POU mean?
POU means a surname from Catalan.
What is POU the initialism of?
POU is the initialism of program organization unit.
What part of speech is POU?
POU is a proper noun.

Words near POU in the dictionary

  1. potyvirids
  2. potyvirus
  3. potyviruses
  4. potzer
  5. potzers
  6. POU
  7. pou sto
  8. pouakai
  9. poubaite
  10. poubelle
  11. pouch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: POU (page history and authors); Pou (page history and authors); point of use (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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