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R&D

R&D is the initialism of research and development.

R&D is the initialism of Receiving and discharge or receiving and dismissal.

Meaning of research and development

Noun

research and development

  1. a department within a company (or governmental division) dedicated to that task, or the fiscal category that represents it in fiscal reporting.
    Synonyms:
    R&D

Forms of R&D

pluralR&Ds

Questions about R&D

What is R&D the initialism of?
R&D is the initialism of research and development.

Words near R&D in the dictionary

  1. r slur
  2. r slurs
  3. R Us
  4. R&AW
  5. r&b
  6. R&D
  7. R&Ds
  8. R&F
  9. R&G
  10. R&M
  11. R&O

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Adapted from Wiktionary: R&D (page history and authors); research and development (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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